Search results 1 - 3 of 3 for the tag Fugitive Slaves
“And retaliation will be our practice now . . .”
After President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, the U.S. Army began recruiting black men in earnest. The Confederate government...
Fugitive slave arrested…and freed
This March 17, 1858, warrant—from the only known Federal fugitive slave case tried in California—directed the arrest of a fugitive slave named Archie. His owner,...
Reclaiming Property?
This is an arrest warrant for Moses Honnor, a slave from Virginia who escaped to Pennsylvania in August 1859. It is part of the court record documenting his owner’s...
Search results 1 - 3 of 3 for the tag Fugitive Slaves