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The mayor and police of Norfolk searching Capt. Fountain's schooner

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Printed on border: "(Twenty-eight fugitives were concealed in this vessel.)" Written on border: "Searching for slaves escaping by Underground Railroad, 1850s.
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Wood Engravings
Created Date:
1872
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Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection

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Art and Picture Collection. The New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. Axes
  2. Decks (Ships)
  3. Fugitive Slaves
  4. Men
  5. Norfolk
  6. Police
  7. Schooners
  8. Searching
  9. Slaver
  10. Underground Railroad System
  11. United States
  12. Virginia

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