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1Title:  Supplement to the New-York legal observer, containing the report of the case in the matter of George Kirk, a fugitive slave, heard before the Hon. J.W. Edmonds, circuit judge: also the argument of John Jay, of counsel for the slave    
 Uniform Title:  New-York legal observer.    
 Creator:  Kirk, George. 
 Jay, John, 1817-1894
 New York (State) Supreme Court.
 New York (State) Court of Oyer and Terminer (New York County)
 Publication:  Legal Observer Office, New-York,1847. 
 Notes:  Case tried at the Supreme Court of New York; Jay's argument heard before the Court of Oyer and Terminer, New York. 
 Call #:  E450 K59 
 Extent:  p. 456-470, 10-20 ; 27 cm. 
 Subjects:  Kirk, George -- Trials, litigation, etc | Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States | Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- New York (State)
 
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2Title:  Substance of an argument of Samuel F. Vinton, for the defendants, in the case of the Commonwealth of Virginia vs. Peter M. Garner and others, for an alleged abduction of certain slaves: delivered before the General Court of Virginia, at its December term, 1845    
 Creator:  Vinton, Samuel Finley, 1792-1862 
 Garner, Peter M., 1809-1868
 Publication:  Printed at the Intelligencer office, Marietta, O,1846. 
 Notes:  Cover title. 
 Call #:  E450 V794 
 Extent:  32 p. ; 21 cm. 
 Subjects:  Garner, Peter M., -- 1809-1868 -- Trials, litigation, etc | Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States | Virginia -- Boundaries -- Ohio | Ohio -- Boundaries -- Virginia | Ohio imprints 1846
 
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3Title:  Case of Passmore Williamson: report of the proceedings on the writ of habeas corpus, issued by the Hon. John K. Kane, judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in the case of the United States of America ex rel. John H. Wheeler vs. Passmore Williamson, including the several opinions delivered, and the arguments of counsel    
 Creator:  Williamson, Passmore 
 Wheeler, John H. (John Hill), 1806-1882
 Cannon, Arthur.
 United States District Court (Pennsylvania : Eastern District)
 Publication:  Uriah Hunt & Son, Philadelphia,1856. 
 Call #:  E450 W732C 
 Extent:  191 p. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Williamson, Passmore, -- Trials, litigation, etc | Wheeler, John H. -- (John Hill), -- 1806-1882. -- Trials, litigation, etc | Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states | Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States | Habeas corpus -- Pennsylvania
 
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4Title:  Narrative of facts in the case of Passmore Williamson    
 Creator:  African American Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) 
 Publication:  Published by the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, Philadelphia,1855. 
 Notes:  The escape of Jane Johnson and two children, slaves of John H. Wheeler, the trial of Williamson and others concerned, and refusal of state supreme court to issue writ of habeas corpus. 
 Call #:  E450 W732N 
 Extent:  24 p. ; 18 cm. 
 Subjects:  Williamson, Passmore | Johnson, Jane, -- b. 1820? | Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States | Slavery -- United States -- Legal status of slaves in free states | Habeas corpus -- Pennsylvania
 
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5Title:  Boston slave riot, and trial of Anthony Burns: containing the report of the Faneuil Hall meeting, the murder of Batchelder, Theodore Parker's lesson for the day, speeches of counsel on both sides, corrected by themselves, verbatim report of Judge Loring's decision, and, a detailed account of the embarkation    
 Creator:  Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) 
 Publication:  Fetridge and Company, Boston,1854. 
 Call #:  Pam. B1402 
 Extent:  86 p. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Burns, Anthony, -- 1834-1862 -- Trials, litigation, etc | Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Massachusetts | Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States | Antislavery movements -- Massachusetts -- Boston | Riots -- Massachusetts -- Boston
 
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