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Book/Printed MaterialA brief sketch of the trial of William Lloyd Garrison, for an alleged libel on Francis Todd, of Newburyport, Mass Preface signed: William Lloyd Garrison. Garrison was tried in Baltimore City Court for publishing an article charging Todd, a shipowner, with engaging in the slave-trade. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LLRBR copy formerly shelved under: LAW Copy 1 LLRBR. vj21 2005-11-21.- Contributor: John Bailey Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Garrison, William Lloyd
- Date: 1834
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Book/Printed MaterialCase of the slave Isaac Brown : an outrage exposed Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Date: 1847
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Book/Printed MaterialThe case of William L. Chaplin : being an appeal to all respecters of law and justice, against the cruel and oppressive treatment to which, under color of legal proceedings, he has … Chaplin was arrested in Aug. 1850 for having "abducted, stolen, taken, and carried out from the city of Washington" two fugitive slaves. Additional charges were brought against him for assaulting his arrestors. The Chaplin Fund Committee was organized to raise money for his bail and defense. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Date: 1851
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Book/Printed MaterialPersonal memoir of Daniel Drayton, for four years and four months a prisoner (for charity's sake) in Washington Jail. Including a narrative of the voyage and capture of the schooner Pearl The author was convicted of aiding slaves to escape from Washington, D.C. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.- Contributor: American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society - Drayton, Daniel
- Date: 1855
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Book/Printed MaterialTrial of the Rev. Jacob Gruber, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the March term, 1819, in the Frederick County Court, for a misdemeanor Gruber was charged with having incited a slave insurrection in a sermon. Shaw & Shoemaker 48588, 49633 Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law, 12166 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, and on microfilm. LAC tnb 2020-10-06 no edits (1 card)- Contributor: Gruber, Jacob - Martin, David - Maryland. County Court (Frederick County) - Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1819
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