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Subtitle: Kidnapping in Ohio. Title: Colored American - May 22, 1841 Speaker or author: editor Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842) Brief account of a situation in Ohio where three white men went on trial for kidnapping and selling into slavery a black man. The men could not be convicted since the only witness against them was African American. 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: fugitive; kidnap; law Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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