The Fugitive Slave Bill: its History and Unconstitutionality; with an Account of the Seizure and Enslavement of James Hamlet. Third Edition. 36 pages. 8vo, unbound, stapled. New York: William Harned, 1850
Seized just 8 days after the passing of the Fugitive Slave Act, James Hamlet was the first to be arrested and tried. Finkelman (Slavery in the Courtroom, pages 85-86) cites this pamphlet as the only record of the proceedings. Funds generated by the sale of this pamphlet allowed the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society to purchase Hamlet's freedom.<
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