Life span: 02/23/1822 to 02/01/1895TabsLife SummaryFull name: Passmore WilliamsonPlace of Birth: Westtown, PABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: EstimatedGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateOccupation: BusinessmanRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderChurch or Religious Denomination: Quakers (Society of Friends) Events Date span begin Life span End Event 02/21/1858 02/21/1858 John Kintzing Kane, the U.S. District Judge who ruled against Passmore Williamson in the Jane Johnson case, dies in Philadelphia 04/01/1859 04/01/1859 Alleged fugitive slave arrested in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and sent that evening to Philadelphia 04/04/1859 04/05/1859 The fugitive slave case of Daniel Dangerfield from Harrisburg causes popular excitement in Philadelphia 04/06/1859 04/06/1859 In Philadelphia, the U.S. Commissioner frees Harrisburg alleged fugitive slave Daniel Dangerfield Documents Subject Docs Date Title 12/30/1847 New York Herald, "The Fugitive Slave," December 30, 1847 08/17/1855 Boston (MA) Liberator, “The Philadelphia Slave Case,” August 17, 1855 09/01/1855 N. R. Johnston to William Still, September 1, 1855 09/09/1855 Abigail Goodwin to William Still, September 9, 1855 11/20/1855 Memphis (TN) Appeal, "Arrest of Judge Kane," November 20, 1855 12/19/1855 Thomas Garrett to William Still, December 19, 1855 Images Passmore Williamson Passmore Williamson, detail Passmore Williamson, circa 1885 Passmore Williamson, circa 1885, detail Bibliography Chicago Style Entry Link Brandt, Nat, and Yanna Brandt. In the Shadow of the Civil War: Passmore Williamson and the Rescue of Jane Johnson. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2007. View Record
