[718] Wilson, Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America, Vol. II, p. 306.
[719] Samuel J. May, Some Recollections of Our Anti-Slavery Conflict, p. 353.
[720] John Weiss, Life and Correspondence of Theodore Parker, Vol. II, p. 94.
[721] Article by the Rev. S. D. Peet, in History of Ashtabula County, Ohio, pp. 33, 34.
[722] "No sooner was the deed done, the Fugitive Slave Act sent forth to be the law of the land, than outcries of contempt and defiance came from every free state, and pledges of protection were given to the colored population. It is not within the scope of my plan to attempt an account of the indignation meetings that were held in places too numerous to be even mentioned here." S. J. May, Some Recollections of the Anti-Slavery Conflict, p. 349.
[723] M. G. McDougall, Fugitive Slaves, pp. 65-70, and the references there given.
[724] Scrap-book of clippings, circulars, etc., presented to the Boston Public Library by Mrs. L. L. Parker.
[725] C. E. Stevens, Anthony Burns, A History, 1856, p. 208.
[726] Quoted by F. B. Sanborn, in his Life of Dr. S. G. Howe, the Philanthropist, pp. 237, 238, 239. Similar stories are related by Lydia Maria Child, in her Life of Isaac T. Hopper, pp. 455-458.
[727] Letter of John F. Hogue, Greenville, Pa., Nov. 25, 1895; letter of the Rev. James Lawson, Franklin, Pa., Nov. 25, 1895.