Complex sentence: In March 1844, his Maryland master and four slave-catchers overpowered Jones after bloody combat, and transported him to Philadelphia, where the master's legal title was affirmed in a federal courtroom in Independence Hall.
Split into simpler sentences: In March 1844, his Maryland master and four slave-catchers overpowered Jones after bloody combat, and transported him to Philadelphia. There the master's legal title was affirmed in a federal courtroom in Independence Hall.