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I venture the assertion that there have been more cases of kidnapping of free negroes in Ohio, than of peaceable or unlawful rescue of fugitive slaves in the whole United States.
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Sherman claims that kidnapping of free Black individuals is more prevalent than rescues of fugitive slaves.
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