George Latimer, a fugitive from Norfolk, Va., was pursued by his owner, who had him arrested on a charge of larceny … a writ of habeas corpus brought Latimer before the court … Judgement of the Supreme Judicial Court is that he must remain in custody … The article, appearing in the Liberator, October 28, 1842, is from the Atlas, and that paper comments: “Thus is Boston made the slave-hunting ground of the South, and thus does the city consent to aid and abet the vilest of kidnappers!” ….There should be but one determination among our citizens — and that is, that Latimer should never go back to the South. Old Faneuil Hall is to speak out, on this matter, on Sunday evening next.”
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