The Commissioner, as soon as possible, ordered the
man to be delivered up; and, after fourteen years' liberty,
he was taken back to slavery in Virginia. Afterwards, bought
for $900, and taken back to Harrisburg.
_Wilkesbarre, Penn._, (Summer of 1852.) Mr. Harvey arrested
and fined for shielding a slave.
_Sacramento, California_; a man named Lathrop claimed another
as his slave, and Judge Fry decided that the claim was good,
and ordered the slave to be surrendered. Mr. Lathrop left,
with his slave, for the Atlantic States.
_A beautiful young woman_, nearly white, was pursued by her
owner [and father] to New York, (end of June, 1852.) There a
large reward was offered to a police officer to discover her,
place of residence. It was discovered, and measures taken for
her apprehension; but the alarm had been taken, and she
escaped.
_Sacramento, California_; three men were seized by a Mr.
Perkins, of Mississippi. The Court decided them to be his
property and they were carried back to Mississippi.
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