Slavery in the District of Columbia Microform the Policy of Congress And the
Slavery in the District of Columbia Microform the Policy of Congress And the
Mary Tremain
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2 Taken from the National Intelligencer for March 3, 1825. In the course of my search through the newspapers for other facts, I have noticed many advertisements of this kind. s Cranch, C. C. Reports, iv. , 498. Slavery in the District of Columbia. 47 being a runaway ; and whereas, no proof has been adduced before me that the said William Richardson is not a runa way, you are hereby commanded to receive into your jail and custody the said William Richardson, and him safe keep until he be thence ...delivered by due course of law. " The court ordered the prisoner to be discharged, because the warrant of commitment was insufficient, and because they were satisfied he was not a runaway. 1 But where the laws are so notoriously and shamefully unjust, and yet are not amended by the Legislature, it is not to be expected that the officers appointed under them will repair the injustice which may be made a source of profit to them. The officers, indeed, were often in league with the slave dealers. 9 The influence of white persons was not always sufficient to delay the sale of a negro, even when they offered to be responsible for the jail fees.
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