| Title | The 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 been subjected, in the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland.
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| Published | Boston : Published by the Chaplin Committee, 1851.
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| Description | 54 p. ; 21 cm.
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| General Note | 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.
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| Subjects | Abolitionists -- United States.
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Chaplin, William L. (William Lawrence), 1796-1871 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Fugitive slaves -- Washington (D.C.).
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Maryland.
Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Washington (D.C.).
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| LC Card Number | 06-43475 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: E 449 C337
mq49150: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 35581] |
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