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Source citation
"Fugitive Slave Law Question," Charleston (SC) Mercury, October 8, 1853, p. 2.
Newspaper: Publication
Charleston (SC) Mercury
Newspaper: Headline
Fugitive Slave Law Question
Newspaper: Page(s)
2
Type
Newspaper
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Sayo Ayodele
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Transcription
The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW QUESTION. - The Department of the Interior is said to have received a letter from Col. Wynkoop, U.S. Marshall of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, notifying the Secretary that three of his deputies were on the point of being arrested on a State warrant for seeking to execute a warrant from Mr. Justice Greer, of the Supreme Court of the United States, commanding him to arrest William Thomas, claimed by Isham Keith, of Fauquier county, Virginia, as his runaway slave, who was said to be in Wilkesbarre. Secretary McClelland promptly answered him to consult the U.S. District Attorney, and to take measures to defend the case and uphold the law under which they acted.