April 11, 1851 An account of Sim’s arrest, dated, April 4. He was arrested in Cooper Street; he gave “stout resistance”, was “at last overcome by a large posse of…
Category: <span>Sims, Thomas</span>
April 18, 1851 From the Boston Courier, under the title, Massachusetts Legislature, is notice that “Mr. Keyes” has presented a petition to the Senate, on behalf of Thomas Sims, and…
May 1, 1863 A notice from the Boston Traveller indicates that Sims, who had been returned to his master in Georgia, in 1851, has arrived back in Boston, with his…
May 8, 1863 A note indicates that the paper goes to press too early to give a sketch of the public meeting held at Tremont Temple to welcome the returned…
May 15, 1863 At Tremont Temple, Sims is on the platform with his wife and child, and partners in his late escape. “On arriving in Savannah, he was put in…