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Canada (Canada) (search for this): chapter 8
sts us our reputations today, and may cost us our lives to-morrow. In May, 1854, three years after the return of Sims to slavery, the Anthony Burns affair occurred. Colonel Higginson was often called upon in his later years to tell the details of this exciting episode. After the escape of Burns, a fugitive slave from Virginia, he had been, according to an old record, in the employ of a clothing dealer on Brattle Street, Boston. He wrote a letter to his brother in Virginia by the way of Canada, but as all letters to slaves were opened by their masters, his retreat was discovered. He was then arrested and imprisoned in an upper room of the court-house. A letter from Wendell Phillips notified Mr. Higginson of another kidnapping case, saying, you'll come of course, and signed, in no hope. A placard was issued headed, A Man Kidnapped, calling a meeting in Faneuil Hall and asking, Shall he be plunged into the hell of Virginia slavery by a Massachusetts judge of probate? Of this gr
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
One of these describes a young woman with babies whose master had threatened to move earth and hell to get her back. Mr. May thought the fugitives would be searched for in Boston, and that Worcester would afford her as much safety as this accursed Union can give to a class which has no rights that white men are bound to respect. Of this woman, Mr. Higginson wrote:— We are expecting here an interesting person, young and beautiful, white and a slave. She escaped 4 months ago from North Carolina, disguised in deep mourning, bringing her child 3 years old, also white. She has also a baby born since her arrival; they are her master's children, poor creature; and she is coming here for safety. She has always been petted and waited on, and can do nothing except sew; but we shall probably get her into some family where she can do housework: and perhaps the elder child will be adopted, if she is willing. It happened during these anxious days that Sumner bought a Negro family and
Kansas (Kansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
Higginson to Mr. F. B. Sanborn or Mr. R. W. Emerson, is given as a sample of the correspondence between the active abolitionists of that day:— Worcester, Sept. 14, 1860. The bearer, Capt. Stewart—sometimes known as Preacher Stewart—of Kansas, is leaving here to-day and I have advised him to pass through Concord and call on you. He is the head of the Underground Railway Enterprise in Kansas and has just made a highly successful trip. Mr. Stearns and others are raising funds to assisKansas and has just made a highly successful trip. Mr. Stearns and others are raising funds to assist him in his operations. He brought on this trip a young slave girl of 15, nearly white, for whom some provision must be made. There are many letters to Mr. Higginson from Rev. Samuel May, Jr., in reference to fugitives needing aid. One of these describes a young woman with babies whose master had threatened to move earth and hell to get her back. Mr. May thought the fugitives would be searched for in Boston, and that Worcester would afford her as much safety as this accursed Union can g<
Worcester (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
. Officer will be sent up, for I cannot answer for his life in the streets of Worcester. . . . Send for me if you want me again. I am thankful for what has been don minutes before the Boston train started, was chosen lest the Freedom Club of Worcester should interfere and prevent the arrest. When Mr. Higginson was arraigned be policeman named Butman, who had been instrumental in Burns's arrest, went to Worcester to find evidence against those concerned in the riot. The Worcester people wWorcester people were so enraged by this uncalled — for visit that Butman's life was in danger, and the pastor of the Free Church risked his own by helping him escape. The event was —and which certainly worked up some scenes of my life, as the Butman riot in Worcester, with some power? It was a time when fugitive slaves frequently needed ass of the correspondence between the active abolitionists of that day:— Worcester, Sept. 14, 1860. The bearer, Capt. Stewart—sometimes known as Preacher St
Providence, R. I. (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
d very hunkerish. For instance, they talk of arming 500 men to go to Boston. But it would be perfectly practicable to arm and organize 100 if desirable. Shall we do it, and with what immediate object? As it is, many will go to Boston to-morrow. There is an intense indignation at the failure of the Friday enterprise (though I call it a great success, and so do they, so far as it goes) and I think Worcester men, if they are at hand, may be relied on. If they send the poor man through Providence, we shall rescue him to a certainty. Any number could be sent from this place by an extra train. But I have no idea that he will ever be taken from Boston, for I think that either the Kidnappers will be killed first; or else that Boston men will buy him to save the peace of the city. This, though not so good as a rescue, would come pretty near it, after the event of Friday night. . . . Finally, should not something be done by the Committee in the way of assistance to the family of the
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 8
Higginson wrote:— I do not think they can prove much against the men arrested—I have been repeatedly told that I was to be one of that number myself, and have patiently waited for the officers; but they have not yet appeared (though there was a hit at me in the Post this morning) and I cannot stay at home for them much longer. To his Aunt Nancy he wrote:— You will be especially glad to hear that it is considered quite doubtful whether our cases are ever tried—even in the United States Court. Don't be frightened if you see in the paper that I have fled to parts unknown with other people's money in my pocket—for the Rev. Mr. Higgins of this city . . . has done so, and I don't doubt that distant newspapers will contrive to get the name wrong. Later he reported:— I was arrested on Saturday June 10, 1854, and bound over to appear before the Municipal Court in Boston in April—on charge of riot committed on that Friday evening. But I had been expecting i
Concord (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
was sought for two boys who had been emancipated by their Kentucky master on condition that they should be cared for in a free State. This note of introduction, written by Mr. Higginson to Mr. F. B. Sanborn or Mr. R. W. Emerson, is given as a sample of the correspondence between the active abolitionists of that day:— Worcester, Sept. 14, 1860. The bearer, Capt. Stewart—sometimes known as Preacher Stewart—of Kansas, is leaving here to-day and I have advised him to pass through Concord and call on you. He is the head of the Underground Railway Enterprise in Kansas and has just made a highly successful trip. Mr. Stearns and others are raising funds to assist him in his operations. He brought on this trip a young slave girl of 15, nearly white, for whom some provision must be made. There are many letters to Mr. Higginson from Rev. Samuel May, Jr., in reference to fugitives needing aid. One of these describes a young woman with babies whose master had threatened to m<
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
ct it. If true, I hope no U. S. Officer will be sent up, for I cannot answer for his life in the streets of Worcester. . . . Send for me if you want me again. I am thankful for what has been done—it is the greatest step in Anti-Slavery which Massachusetts has ever taken. And I am ready to do my share over again. Burns's master agreed to sell him for a certain sum, but after the money was raised, he changed his mind. The day on which Burns was returned to slavery, when he was marched through the streets of Boston guarded by United States troops, was known for many years after as Bad Friday. The following Sunday Mr. Higginson preached a sermon called Massachusetts in Mourning, in which he said, The strokes on the door of that court-house that night.. went echoing from town to town... and each reverberating throb was a blow upon the door of every slave prison of this guilty republic. After the excitement had somewhat subsided, Mr. Higginson wrote:— I do not think they c
Newburyport (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 8
ittle Mildred Williams Ida May: they, you know, are free. She is as gentle and refined as ever, with her delicate skin and golden hair. She may be adopted by a member of Congress. In reference to this curious episode, Mr. Higginson's old Newburyport friend, Caroline Andrews (Leighton) writes:— Mr. Higginson was much moved at the situation of this lovely child. He wished me to take her home with me and keep her for a while in my vacation, at Newburyport. While I was there he wrote Newburyport. While I was there he wrote me the most explicit directions in regard to her care and enjoyment. I thought he hoped at one time to adopt her, as after I had returned to my school, and given her back to her parents, he wrote sorrowfully to me, My dream of Mildred is ended. I was not worthy of it. A saving sense of humor was needed in those grim days; and in the midst of tragedies Mr. Higginson wrote to his mother:— One funny thing we have heard—a small child, endeavoring to describe a black man in the street, a<
Anthony Burns (search for this): chapter 8
VIII: Anthony Burns and the Underground railway In the mean time the fugitive slave question was seething, and Mr. Higginson wrote to a friend, George William later years to tell the details of this exciting episode. After the escape of Burns, a fugitive slave from Virginia, he had been, according to an old record, in thfew daring men who made the attack on the court-house with the hope of rescuing Burns. The scheme for the rescue was known to only a few of those present at the mch Massachusetts has ever taken. And I am ready to do my share over again. Burns's master agreed to sell him for a certain sum, but after the money was raised, he changed his mind. The day on which Burns was returned to slavery, when he was marched through the streets of Boston guarded by United States troops, was known fo Somewhat later, a Boston policeman named Butman, who had been instrumental in Burns's arrest, went to Worcester to find evidence against those concerned in the rio
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