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Petition subject: Against the rendition of fugitive slaves

Original: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL:11029904

Date of creation: (unknown)

Petition location: New Bedford

Selected signatures:

1. Henry J. Johnson
2. Thomas Bayne
3. Noah Tellison
4. Samuel Jewett

Total signatures: 51

Legal voter signatures (males not identified as non-legal): 37

Other male signatures: 14

Female only signatures: No

Identifications of signatories: citizens, legal voters, others, [males of color], [other males]

Prayer format was printed vs. manuscript: Printed

Signatory column format: column separated

Additional non-petition or unrelated documents available at archive: no additional documents

Additional archivist notes: [Includes men who escaped from slavery, fugitive slaves]

Location of the petition at the Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth: House Unpassed 1859, rejected

Acknowledgements: Supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-5105612), Massachusetts Archives of the Commonwealth, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University, Institutional Development Initiative at Harvard University, and Harvard University Library.