He was
kidnapped.
MOSES JOHNSON, _Chicago, Illinois_, brought before a United
States Commissioner, discharged as not answering to the
description of the man claimed.
CHARLES WEDLEY, kidnapped from _Pittsburg, Pennsylvania_, and
taken into Maryland. He was found, and brought back.
_Cincinnati, Ohio, June 3, 1851_, an attempt to arrest a
fugitive was made. But a scuffle ensued, in which the man
escaped.
_Cincinnati, Ohio._ About the same time, some slaves, (number
not stated,) belonging to Rev. Mr. Perry and others, of
Covington, Kentucky, were taken in Cincinnati, and carried
back to Kentucky.
_Philadelphia, end of June, 1851_, a colored man was taken
away as a slave, by steamboat. A writ of _Habeas Corpus_ was
got out but the officer could not find the man. This is
probably the same case with that of JESSE WHITMAN, arrested
at Wilkesbarre.
FRANK JACKSON, a free colored man in _Mercer, Penn._, was
taken, early in 1851, by a man named Charles May, into
Virginia, and sold as a slave.
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