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On the recordFebruary 17, 1851
I do especially direct that prosecutions be commenced against all persons who shall have made themselves alders or abettors in or to this flagitious offense
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Millard Fillmore
Whig · New York

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 56—Calling On Citizens to Assist in the Recapture of a Fugitive Slave Arrested in Boston, Massachusetts

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