Public meeting : kidnappers in Boston : Men of Boston, one of your fellow citizens was last night seized by slave-hunters... assemble without arms in front of the State House... this Friday afternoon to consult for the public good!

Public meeting : kidnappers in Boston

Item Information

Title:
Public meeting : kidnappers in Boston : Men of Boston, one of your fellow citizens was last night seized by slave-hunters... assemble without arms in front of the State House... this Friday afternoon to consult for the public good!
Date:
[1850?–1859?]
Format:
Ephemera
Genre:
Broadsides
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Anti-Slavery Collection
Subjects:
Antislavery movements--Massachusetts--Boston
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
United States. Fugitive slave law (1850)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 broadside ; 71 x 54 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/70796d07n
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[Boston] : s.n.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Text of this broadside reads: "Public meeting: kidnappers in Boston. Men of Boston, one of your fellow citizens was last night seized by slave-hunters. He is now in most imminent deadly peril! The citizens of Boston and its neighborhood are earnestly invited to assemble without arms! In front of the State House at 4 1-2 o'clock, this, Friday, afternoon! To consult for the public good!"
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
Notes (object):
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bears an ink ownership stamp in the lower right corner.
Call #:
RARE BKS H.90.281 xxb
Barcode:
39999053886972