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Speech of John Hossack, convicted of a violation of the Fugitive slave law, before Judge Drummond, of the United States District Court, Chicago, Ill
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 441 .A58
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hossack, John, 1806-1891.
- Series:
- Anti-slavery tracts ; new ser., no. 11
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hossack, John, 1806-1891--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Hossack, John.
- United States. Fugitive slave law (1850).
- United States.
- Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Slavery--United States.
- Slavery.
- Physical Description:
- 12 p. ; 19 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : American Anti-Slavery Society, 1860.
- Notes:
- Speech made by John Hossack before Judge Thomas Drummond of the United States District Court in Chicago during the February 1860 term. Hossock, who together with Joseph Stout was accused of aiding in the rescue of the runaway slave Jim Gray from federal marshalls in Ottawa, Illinois, on Oct. 20, 1859, was appealing his conviction for violating the Fugitive slave law of 1850.
- OCLC:
- 5097773
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