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THE PASSMORE WILLIAMSON CASE; INSCRIBED BY WILLIAMSONCase of Passmore Williamson. Report of the Proceedings on the Writ of Habeas Corpus, Issued by the Hon. John K. Kane . . .in the Case of the United States of America ex rel. John H. Wheeler vs. Passmore Williamson.<> 8vo, publisher's cloth; toning to a few scattered signatures. inscribed by williamson<> to Andrew J. Foss on the front free endpaper. Philadelphia, 1856
While on a boat trip with her master to Philadelphia, Jane Johnson let it be known that she wished to escape. Williamson, the secretary of the Pennsylvania Anti-slavery Society, heard this information and led a group of free Blacks onto the boat to liberate her. In the confusion, Johnson and her children escaped on their own. Williamson argued in his defense at the trial that at no time was Johnson in his custody, and he was eventually freed from jail on those grounds. See Finkelman, Slavery in the Courtroom, pages 39-43.<
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