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70796c91z
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Proclamation!! To all the good people of Massachusetts!!
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document
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1
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id
70796c91z
contentType
document
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normalized
title
Proclamation!! To all the good people of Massachusetts!!
description
Title from item.
date
["[1851]"]
year
1851
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
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
United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)
subjectsGeographic
Boston
Massachusetts
North and Central America
Suffolk (county)
United States
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Ephemera
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Broadsides
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Text
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United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Suffolk
city
Boston
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1
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import
extent
1 broadside ; 54 x 35 cm.
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no
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sf268508b
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ht24xg10q
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42.35
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-71.05
notes
Title from item.
Text of this broadside reads, "Proclamation!! To all the good people of Massachusetts! Be it known that there are now three slave-hunters or kidnappers in Boston, looking for their prey. One of them is called "Davis." He is an unusually ill-looking fellow, about five feet eight inches high ... The next is called "Edward Barrett." He is about five feet six inches high, thin and lank ... The third ruffian is named "Robert M. Bacon," alias John D. Bacon ... He has a red, intemperate looking face ... The good citizens of this commonwealth are hereby warned against these three fellows, for it is known they are on the look out for some of our citizens. Given at Boston, this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord 1851, and of the independence of the United States the fifty fourth ..."
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s.n.
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[Boston]
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70796c91z
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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