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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 1850, United States Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law, allowing Southern slave owners the right to recapture their escaped property despite any northern relocation.\u00a0 As a result, Boston, a former haven for free blacks and a hotbed for abolitionist activity, was in turmoil.\u00a0 An immediate response to this law in Boston brought the creation of The Boston Vigilance Committee.\u00a0 It is this Vigilance Committee, who, through their detailed records, has allowed us a rare view of Boston\u2019s reaction to the Fugitive Slave Law.<\/p>\n
Here is the inside cover of the Vigilance Committee’s Treasurer’s Accounts, \u00a0Francis Jackson was Treasurer. \u00a0Careful records showed those who contributed to the work of the Committee, and the ways money was spent, for instance:<\/p>\n
1852, July 6 “Lewis Hayden for Mrs. Brown 3. J.S. Brown 5 same for Mrs. Cooley 13.24……….21.24”<\/p>\n
1853 \u00a0Feb 10 \u00a0“for costs Court in suit brought by Shadrack against his master…”<\/p>\n
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In 1850, United States Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law, allowing Southern slave owners the right to recapture their escaped property despite any northern relocation.\u00a0 As a result, Boston, a former haven for free blacks and a hotbed for abolitionist activity, was in turmoil.\u00a0 An immediate response to this law in Boston brought the creation … Continue reading Boston Vigilance Committee<\/span>