U.S. Deputy Marshal Patrick Riley and his men arrested a fugitive slave from Norfolk, VA named Shadrach Minkins, who had been working as a waiter at Taft's Cornhill Coffee House.  Later in the day, members of the Boston Vigilance Committee, led by Lewis Hayden, rescued Minkins from custody.  The mob action and Minkins's successful escape to Canada shocked southerners who had expected greater northern compliance with the new Fugitive Slave Act. (By Matthew Pinsker)

A runaway slave from Kentucky named Addison fired at, and nearly killed, some U.S. deputy marshals who were pursuing him near Springfield, Illinois. (By Matthew Pinsker)

According to the New York Times, a fugitive slave stopped in the vestibule of the State Capitol in Albany where he received "many congratulations from the gentlemen there congregated." (By Matthew Pinsker)

A reporter for the New York Times witnessed two runaways slaves near the State Capitol in Albany, and observed them receiving notable assistance from several local officials who remark sarcastically, "Taney says they have no rights which a white man is bound to respect, let us give them our sympathy." (By Matthew Pinsker)

The New York Times reprinted an article pointing out that ex-Indian agent and "murderer" Maj. George W. Clarke had lost a slave named Judy who was last seen in Lawrence, Kansas but who was suspected of having "secured a passage on the underground railroad to Chicago." The article refered to Clarke as the "murderer" of "the lamented Thomas W. Barbee." (By Matthew Pinsker)