Address of the convention held in Syracuse, Oct. 1, 1853, for the purpose of celebrating the rescue of the man Jerry
Series: Slavery, Abolition, Emancipation, and Freedom: Primary Sources from Houghton Library
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1853
Place of publication: Syracuse, N.Y.?
Language: eng
Subjects: Fugitive slaves; Slavery; Controversial literature; Jerry Rescue Convention (1853 : Syracuse, N.Y.); Jerry Rescue Convention fast (OCoLC)fst01408702 (uri) http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01408702; United States; Fugitive slave law (United States : 1850)
Notes: Address "to our countrymen" in justification of "our startling and reprehended conduct" in the rescue of a fugitive slave by an abolitionist mob in Syracuse on Oct. 1, 1851.

By Gerrit Smith, who regularly presided over the anniversary celebration of the Jerry rescue until 1859. Cf. Harlow, R.V. Gerrit Smith, philanthropist and reformer, 1939, p. 303.

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