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• "Delia Webster, who is in jail at Madison..."
  A woman claims to have been falsely arrested on charges brought by a jail warden she refused to marry.
• Anniversary of the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society
  The article describes the society's anniversary meeting, including details of enslavement stories told by delegates.
• Fugitive Slave Killed
  Mentions a recent escape attempt in which the armed freedom seekers fought back.
• The Order to Surrender a Slave-Stealer by Gov. Wright
  Details the case against an Indiana minister accused of aiding freedom seekers in escaping enslavement.
• Miscellaneous Matters
  Mentions a lawsuit between the governors of Ohio and Kentucky over the refusal to extradite someone accused of aiding freedom seekers.
• The Fugitive Slave Case at Cincinnati
  Details the betrayal of a group of freedom seekers by another African American man.
• Escape of Slaves
  Mentions Kentucky freedom seekers traveling through Rhode Island on their way to Canada.
• Kentucky [news]
  A local man, returning from visiting relatives in Kentucky, details stories of enslavement.
• A Curious Case
  Describes Henrietta Wood's story on the occasion of the verdict in her lawsuit.
• Great Stampede of Slaves
  Chicago, IL
• Slavery Declared to Be Constitutional and Beyond the Power of Congress to Modify or Regulate, by the Supreme Court of the United States
  The article describes the unanimous US Supreme Court decision that upheld the Fugitive Slave Act. The case, 'Jones vs Vanzandt', was a lawsuit over the harboring of two freedom seekers from Boone County, Kentucky.
• Ontario Man, 103 Is a Former Slave
  Story about a formerly enslaved man from Boone County, Kentucky celebrating his 103rd birthday.
• Letter from Ex-Governor Metcalfe, of Kentucky
  Tells the story of a freedom seeker from Kentucky who was living in Ohio, and attempts to recapture him using the new Fugitive Slave Act.
• Excitement in Ohio
  The short article relates the arrest of four men in Mechanicsburg, Ohio for sheltering a freedom seeker from Flemingsburg, Ky., and sending him on his way north. They were charged with violating the Fugitive Slave Act.
• From Cincinnati
  Describes the violence of Boone County (Ky.) "rebel rangers" who grabbed and whipped a freedman with thorn bush branches in front of his family, and ordering him out of the county under threat of death.
• A slave in Boone County...
  The paragraph notes twenty-five enslaved people in Boone County sought freedom after being inspired by the novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. At the time of publication, they had not been recaptured.
• Telegraphic Despatches
  This is a section of the full "Telegraphic Despatches"
• From the West
  One paragraph contains a brief notice of the recent escape of nine enslaved people from Boone County, Kentucky, believed to be hidden in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Arrest and Examination of Eight Fugitive Slaves in Cincinnati
  Describes the arrest and trial of eight freedom seekers from Boone County, Kentucky.
• The Fugitive Slave Cases at Cincinnati
  An article detailing the escape, recapture and trial of a group of nine enslaved people from Boone County, Kentucky.
• An Abolitionist Arrested
  From the newspaper, "Dr. T. J. Trimble, accused of being an abolitionist, and of kidnapping slaves at Union, Bourne conuty, Ky., has been arrested and held to bail in the sum of $15,000. "So great is the excitement in that vicinity, that they threaten violence against any person who shall offer to become his surety."
• Old Resident of City Dies
  From the article," Mrs. Mary Irwin, 93, came to Leavenworth in 1862- A native of Covington, Ky."
• James W. Calvert Obituary
  An obituary for James W. Calvert of Boone County (Ky.), who relocated to Howell (Mich.). The text of the obituary: "James Calvert died Friday, September 17, 1909, at his home just east of Howell. He was born in Boon[e] County, Kentucky and was married there. After the war the family moved to Howell. Mrs. Calvert died ten years ago. The three children, William and James of Howell and Dr. Fred Calvert of Florida, were born at Howell. There are also two step children, Marshall Sebastian of Detroit and Florence Allen of Indianapolis."
• Abe Losford and Wife Celebrated Emancipation Day
  Text from the newspaper mention, "Abe Losford and wife, with several of our colored citizens, celebrated emancipation day at Detroit. David Anderson headed another party who sought happiness at Ann Arbor."
• Death of Charley Straws
  An obituary of Charley Straws