Raynors 2012-09
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Newspaper Archive, complete and authentic issue of the Newark Daily Advertiser, May 26, 1854 through June 5, 1854, NINE isues, each 4pp. The grouping is bound together and includes; May 26th, second page brief report, in part, “There is considerable excitement hereupon the arrest of the alleged Fugitive Slave, and a meeting has been called at Fanieul Hall ..” May 27th, second page with dramatic column stacked headlines, “Very Important From Boston, The Fugitive Slave Case, The U.S. Marshall Shot Dead ! !” The report continues for 1/2 column, in part “There is great excitement in this city ... The Deputy Marshall was shot some time during the night ... The Governor has order out the military ... Colonel Wrights Company of Light Dragoons are on hand .. .” May 29th, from the second page “The Boston Riots,” in part “At a meeting of the colored citizens held yesterday, it was resolved to rescue the slave at all hazards.....” Then a second report “The Fugitive Slave Excitment,” in part “ Wendell Phillips and Theo. Parker were denounced as instigators of the murder of Batchlder .. The man is not to be bought. He is still in the slave pen in the Court House. The kidnappers agreed to sell him for $1200 ... but they then claimed more ...” May 30th, from the second page “The Slave Case in Boston,” in part “The banner of the ‘Freedom Club” was taken from the bearers .. The examination of Burns the Fugitive Slave was resumed this morning ... The excitement is apparently on the decrease. ...” May 31st, from the second page a very brief report, “The Boston Slave Case - No further outbreaks occurerd in Boston yesterday ... It was proved Burns was in Boston for three weeks before the alleged date of his escape ...” June 1st, from the second page “The Case of Burns,” in part “The following hand bill was distributed last evening ‘New Danger, It is now rumored that the slave holder intends to carry off Burns by aid of hired ruffians .. Citizens Stand Guard!” June 2nd, from the second page “End of the Boston Tragedy,” in small part “Burns was remanded this morning. .. It is the intention of the sympathizers to walk in solemn procession to the vessel that bears the slave away. No rescue is anticipated. ...” June 3rd, from the second page running 1/2 column “The Boston Slave Excitement.” In part “Immediately after the decision ... he was taken under military escort to the dock, and thence conveyed to the US Revenue Cutter Morris ... It is impossible to estimate the number of people gathered to witness the final close of the fugitive case. ... The crowd cried ‘Shame! Shame! .. several were arrested ...” June 5th, from the second page a very brief report, “The US Marshall asked the President twenty thousand dollars to defray the expenses in rescuing the fugitive slave in Boston, which was promptly sent to him.” Anthony Burns escaped slavery in Richmond, traveling by ship to Boston in 1853. In Boston he worked for Coffin Pitts, clothing dealer. On May 24, 1854 he was discovered and arrested under the Fugitive Slave Act. On May 26, before Burns' court case, a crowd of abolitionists of both races, outraged at Burns' arrest, stormed the court house to free the man.In the melee, Deputy U.S. Marshal James Batchelder was murdered. That same day, Theodore Parker delivered a speech at Faneuil Hall. He was then indicted for willfully obstructing a U.S. Marshal. Federal troops were used to ensure Burns was transported to a ship for return to his owner, Charles F. Suttle of Virginia. Suttle sold him for $905 to David McDaniel, a slaver, cotton planter, and horse-dealer from Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Leonard A. Grimes eventually managed to ransom Burns's freedom from McDaniel, with financial aid from Boston, for $1,300. Once freed, Burns returned to live in Boston. Afterward he was educated at Oberlin College and became a Baptist preacher, moving to Upper Canada for a position
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