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Call to a meeting at the Melodeon to be addressed by Rev. Theodore Parker to memorialize the arrest of the fugitive slave Thomas Sims and to express outrage at the action. Thomas Sims (b. 1834) escaped slavery in Georgia in 1851 and made his way to Boston. In April of that year he was arrested under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. He was put on trial in Boston before being returned to Georgia aboard a U.S. naval vessel. As with the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, who was arrested under the same law in 1854, the arrest of Sims incited the ire of northern abolitionists.
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70796c596
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First anniversary of the kidnapping of Thomas Sims by the City of Boston
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title
First anniversary of the kidnapping of Thomas Sims by the City of Boston
description
Call to a meeting at the Melodeon to be addressed by Rev. Theodore Parker to memorialize the arrest of the fugitive slave Thomas Sims and to express outrage at the action. Thomas Sims (b. 1834) escaped slavery in Georgia in 1851 and made his way to Boston. In April of that year he was arrested under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. He was put on trial in Boston before being returned to Georgia aboard a U.S. naval vessel. As with the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, who was arrested under the same law in 1854, the arrest of Sims incited the ire of northern abolitionists.
date
["[1852]"]
year
1852
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
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No known restrictions on use.
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no restrictions
language
English
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Anti-Slavery Collection
subjects
Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--Boston
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
Sims, Thomas, approximately 1834-
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)
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Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
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United States
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Massachusetts
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Suffolk
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Boston
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1 broadside ; 104 x 71 cm.
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42.35
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-71.05
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[Boston?]
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70796c596
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