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The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence

Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860· 4 chapters· 41,019 words

restore man-stealing, and other accompaniments of slavery, to the free States. This letter declared the "deep obligations" of the signers "for what this speech has done and is doing;" "we wish to thank you," they say, "for recalling us to our duties under the constitution;" "y...

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4. v. Several ministers of Boston came out and publicly, in sermons in

Gentlemen of the Jury, need I tell you of the feelings of the Philanthropists of Boston,--of the colored citizens who were to be the victims of this new abomination! Within twen...

1. ii. A public letter was written to him approving of his attempts to

restore man-stealing, and other accompaniments of slavery, to the free States. This letter declared the "deep obligations" of the signers "for what this speech has done and is d...

2. iii. When the bill became an Act of government, a hundred cannons, as

3. iv. Articles were written in the newspapers in defence of kidnapping,