Raynors HCA 2015-05
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An authentic and complete issue of the New York Weekly Tribune, August 30, 1847, 8pp., disbound, VG. From the interior, “Fugitive Slave Case,” regarding the the McClintock Riots. In part, “A deep interest is felt in this community in relation to the forthcoming trial of the persons alleged to have participated in the riot on the second of June ... The fact of so distinguished a gentleman as Prof. McClintock being connected with the matter, gives additional interest ... the Grand Jury returned true bills against Prof. McClintock and 35 others (colored persons) for being concerned in the riot. ... The bill of indictment included .. purpose of rescuing slaves .. lawfully in possession of their owners. ...” The McClintock Riots occurred June 2, 1847 after two slave owners from Maryland crossed the border to claim their fugitive slaves who had reached Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The slave owners, James Kennedy and Howard Hollingsworth, broke into a house to obtain three fugitives, a father and his ten-year-old daughter and the wife of a free black man in town. John McClintock, a professor at the local Dickinson College, and the black community tried to prevent Kennedy and Hollingsworth from taking custody of the three fugitives. On June 30, 1847, as the group were leaving the court house, widespread brawling ensued. During the chaos, Kennedy suffered serious injuries from which he died a week later.
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