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Address of the committee appointed by a public meeting, held at Faneuil Hall, September 24, 1846 : for the purpose of considering the recent case of kidnapping from our soil, and of taking measures to prevent the recurrence of similar outrages

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Corporate Authors: Boston (Mass.). Citizens., Boston Faneuil Hall Committee of Vigilance (1846)
Contributors: Howe, S. G. 1801-1876.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : White & Potter, printers, 1846.
Subjects and Genres:
Fugitive slaves > United States.
Antislavery movements > Massachusetts > Boston.
Slavery > United States > Kidnapping.
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Item Description: Title from cover.
Signed by S.G. Howe and thirty-four others.
The occasion of this meeting was the recapture by Capt. Hannum (of the brig "Ottoman") of George, a mulatto boy, who had embarked as a stowaway on his vessel in New Orleans. The slave had been discovered on the passage, and, being detained on an island in Boston harbor, had escaped to the mainland.
Title on spine: Kidnapping from our soil, 1846.
Physical Description: 8, 42 p. ; 23 cm.

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