Box 39
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Contains 1 Result:
Read and Ponder the Fugitive Slave Law! Which disregards all the ordinary securities of Personal Liberty, which tramples on the Constitution, by its denial of th sacred rights of Trial by Jury, Habeas Corpus, and appeal, 1850
File — Box: 39, Folder: 12
Scope and contents
From the Series:
Henry P. Slaughter was an avid collector of many things; books, pamhplets, photographs, and documnets. In this series are the words and autographs of many famous men and women. Some of these people were fervent abolitionists, some former slaves, some political leaders-including presidents, and some were just average epeople trying to better the world they lived in. This series also contains a subseries of legal documnets. Most of these documents dela with various aspects of slave holding;...
Dates:
1850