Image: Boston police and night watch conveying the fugitive slave, Sims, to the vessel
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Description: Original caption: “Boston police and night watch conveying the fugitive slave, Sims, to the vessel.” Thomas Sims, a fugitive slave, was being escorted to the ship that would take him back to the South. The large escort was intended to foil attempted rescues by abolitionists.
Title: Boston police and night watch conveying the fugitive slave, Sims, to the vessel
Credit: Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion (https://archive.org/details/gleasonspictoria01glea/page/44/mode/2up)
Author: Anonymous engraver from the firm of Worcester & Co.
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