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Domestic News
May 25, 1852
The Woodville Republican
Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi
What is this article about?
Southern papers highlight Northern arrests of fugitive slaves, but ignore abolition efforts. Recent Cincinnati convention adopts secret plan using cyphers to aid runaway slaves to Canada; one Ohio River agent forwarded 138 runaways in a year.
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The Other Side of the Question.—About once in three months, when a negro is arrested at the North, and returned under the fugitive law, every paper of a certain hue in the South deems it a religious duty to announce it, as showing that our rights are respected. Such paragraphs as the following are continually staring them in the face, but go unrecorded.
We notice that at a recent abolition convention in Cincinnati, a grand plan for the assisting of runaway slaves on the way to Canada was adopted. A system of cyphers—a sort of telegraphing—was in discussion, so that the stealing might be conducted secretly. It was stated that one forwarding agent at a point on the Ohio river, had "put through" to Canada within one year, 138 runaways.
We notice that at a recent abolition convention in Cincinnati, a grand plan for the assisting of runaway slaves on the way to Canada was adopted. A system of cyphers—a sort of telegraphing—was in discussion, so that the stealing might be conducted secretly. It was stated that one forwarding agent at a point on the Ohio river, had "put through" to Canada within one year, 138 runaways.
What sub-type of article is it?
Slave Related
What keywords are associated?
Runaway Slaves
Abolition Convention
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Canada
Cyphers
Underground Railroad
Where did it happen?
Cincinnati
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Cincinnati
Event Date
Recent
Outcome
plan adopted; one agent forwarded 138 runaways to canada in one year.
Event Details
Abolition convention adopts grand plan to assist runaway slaves to Canada, including system of cyphers for secret communication; discussion of stealing conducted secretly; one forwarding agent on Ohio river put through 138 runaways within one year.