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Holograph, signed.Title devised by cataloger.Francis Jackson writes to Theodore Parker in regards to finding a list of 230 fugitive slave names "which have been assisted by the vigilance committee since the passage of the Fugitive BIll, nearly all of whom have left the City for Canada, the British Dominions & elsewhere." He writes that their funds have been applied to support the fugitive slaves in Canada during the severe winters of that region. He writes that contributors have donated to Churches for the cause to benefit the fugitive slave. He mentions Mr. Caswell's efforts.
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Digital CommonwealthKeywords
- Abolitionists
- Antislavery Movements
- Caswell, Alexis 1799 1877
- Correspondence
- Fugitive Slaves
- History
- Jackson, Francis 1789 1861
- Law And Legislation
- Legal Status Of Slaves In Free States
- Legal Status, Laws, Etc
- Massachusetts
- Parker, Theodore 1810 1860
- Slaver
- Slavery
- Underground Railroad
- United States
- Vigilance Committees