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

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

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in justification of the fugitive slave bill. The _Boston Courier_ and _Boston Daily Advertiser_ gave what influence they had in support of that crime against America.