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Letter from Theodore Parker to Francis Jackson, [1851] April 19

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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Theodore Parker writes to Francis Jackson in regards to a handbill that needs to be printed warning African Americans to beware of police officers due to the recent laws imposed in Boston concerning the Fugitive Slave Law because the police will act as "Kidnappers & Slave Catchers." He writes that he will have "them put up tomorrow night-so that nobody shall know who did it."
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Keywords

  1. Abolitionists
  2. African Americans
  3. Antislavery Movements
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Correspondence
  6. Equality Before The Law
  7. Freedmen
  8. Fugitive Slaves
  9. History
  10. Jackson, Francis 1789 1861
  11. Legal Status Of Slaves In Free States
  12. Legal Status, Laws, Etc
  13. Parker, Theodore 1810 1860
  14. Political Aspects
  15. Publishers And Publishing
  16. Publishing
  17. Race Relations
  18. Racism
  19. Slaver
  20. Slavery
  21. United States
  22. Violence
  23. Violence Against

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