Another suspected case of kidnapping
The Unionist 1833-09-05
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Another suspected case of Kidnapping. —Two or three attempts to kidnap, here and at Philadelphia, have been recently recorded, and we fear we have now to add another. Mary, a colored woman aged 21, a native of Africa, and for the last 9 months a resident in the family of Isaac L. Fuller, [colored], attended the methodist church in Church street last Sunday evening as usual, since which she has not been heard of. As she never before kept irregular hours, and two or three days have elapsed without throwing any light upon the cause of her sudden disappearance, Mr. Fuller is strongly apprehensive that she has been kidnapped. She speaks very little English, having been landed on our shores by a vessel from a foreign port less than a year ago. There is a remarkable streak extending down the centre of her forehead, nose and chin. Any information which can be given concerning her will be thankfully received by Mr. Fuller, No. 33. Thomas st.— Jour. of Com.
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Kidnapping of free Blacks in northern cities would have been a major fear for the students at the Canterbury Female Academy. This article, and the one following closely on it concerning kidnapping free Blacks into slavery, are from the New York Journal of Commerce, another journalistic innovation by Arthur Tappan, in partnership with Samuel Morse.
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See Full Metadata Hide Full Metadata1838 woodcut of the kidnapping of a free black woman to be sold into slavery.
