Project Gutenberg 2010-02-27 Public domain in the USA. 65 Davis, Charles G. (Charles Gideon) 1820 1903 United States. Circuit Court (Massachusetts) Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave: Held in Boston, in February, 1851. Reading ease score: 70.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Meredith Bach, Odessa Paige Turner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on a Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave" is a historical account written in the early 19th century. The work documents the legal proceedings surrounding the case of Charles G. Davis, who was accused of helping Shadrach, an alleged fugitive slave, escape from custody under the Fugitive Slave Law. This book highlights the tension and regional conflict surrounding the enforcement of slavery laws in the United States during a pivotal time in American history. The beginning of the book sets the stage for a significant legal trial held in Boston in February 1851. It introduces the charge against Davis, outlining the circumstances of Shadrach's arrest by Deputy Marshal P. Riley and the subsequent events leading to his dramatic rescue by a mob. The opening details the motivations behind the trial—questions of legality, morality, and human rights—as well as the attitudes of various legal and civic participants. The proceedings unfold against a backdrop of rising tensions related to the enforcement of the controversial Fugitive Slave Act, resulting in a public outcry that draws attention to the battle over individual liberties versus federal mandates. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en United States -- Fugitive slave law (1850) Davis, Charles G. (Charles Gideon), 1820-1903 -- Trials, litigation, etc. Fugitive slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Massachusetts -- Boston KF Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Law & Criminology 212117 212114 2024-10-13T10:31:01.558586 2023-09-14T04:14:20.583083 text/html text/html 209995 2010-02-27T10:06:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 70079 2010-02-27T10:06:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 198742 2024-10-13T10:31:10.026520 application/epub+zip 200015 2024-10-13T10:31:06.077530 application/epub+zip 137299 2024-10-13T10:31:04.550538 application/epub+zip 452799 2024-10-13T10:31:12.766525 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 437531 2024-10-13T10:31:08.987527 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173113 2022-09-14T11:49:59.760867 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197935 197700 2024-10-13T10:31:01.064572 2023-09-14T04:14:20.213110 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 197541 2010-02-27T10:06:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 67670 2010-02-27T10:06:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20215 2024-10-13T10:31:12.904501 application/rdf+xml 27562 2024-10-13T10:31:05.147546 image/jpeg 4979 2024-10-13T10:31:04.847550 image/jpeg 197703 2024-10-13T10:31:01.577583 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog