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The Liberator
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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Near Haddonfield, New Jersey, a family of slaves was seized from a cottage, legally processed for removal despite the infant's freedom by birthright, imprisoned in Philadelphia, and whisked away before a habeas corpus writ could be served.
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Haddonfield, New Jersey
Event Date
A Few Nights Past
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the man and woman were removed as slaves; the infant is free by law. they were imprisoned and carried off before a writ of habeas corpus could be served.
Event Details
A cottage near Haddonfield, New Jersey, was broken open, and a man with his wife and children carried off. They were examined before John R. Sickler, who granted a passport for their removal; the man as the slave of Ezekiel F. Chambers, and the woman as the slave of Wilmer. The infant being born in New Jersey is free by law. They were imprisoned in Kokersperger's tavern in Federal-street near the arsenal, then removed to the debtor's apartment of Arch-street prison as the slaves of Charles Knight. A writ of habeas corpus was taken out, but before it was served they were carried off.