Transcript

The first slave under the fugitive slave law, was successfully arrested in New York on Friday, and brought home. The fugitive negroes are leaving Pennsylvania, New York, and other free States, for Canada.-- There is a regular stampede among them. 

Citation

"The first slave under the fugitive law...," Athens (TN) Post, October 11, 1850, p. 2.

Coverage Type
Original
Contains Stampede Term
Yes