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Subtitle: The Case of John Torrence. Title: Colored American - June 12, 1841 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) Brief account of a ship's mate who is being held in Boston on a charge of kidnapping a free African American and holding him in irons on board a Boston ship. Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century Keywords: Boston; capture; fugitive; kidnapping; trial Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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