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U.S. v. John J. Roberts, a.k.a. Samuel Proudman

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This file unit concerns the Anthony Burns fugitive slave case. The defendant, John J. Roberts, a.k.a. Samuel Proudman, resisted the U.S. Marshal serving the writ to arrest Anthony Burns, a slave who had escaped from Virginia from his owner, Charles F. Suttle.
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  1. African Americans
  2. Slave Trade
  3. Slaver

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