Title:
Freeing of slave recalled
Author:
Bonner, Lynn
Subjects:
"Joe's Passage to Freedom"
U.S. Customs House
U.S. Customs House
Object ID:
scr-030-091
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Pubication Date:
02/25/1991
Collection:
Indian and Colonial Scrapbook
Summary:
This article tells of an event that occured at the U.S. Customs house in New London the day before this article was published. The event was held in remembrance of the freeing of a slave known as Joe at the U.S. Customs house in 1858. Joe, who had hidden himself in a ship on its way to Connecticut from North Carolina, jumped off the ship as it was anchired at Groton Long Point. Joe was later found in New London where he was brought to the U.S. Customs house where he was freed by Augustus Brandegee, a judge and member of the state legislature who helped to draft the Personal Liberty Law. The event was held by Lucille M. Showalter and featured perfromances by singer, Khachmah Ben-Levi Downing.
People:
Showalter, Lucille M.
Downing, Khachmah Ben-Levi
Joe (freed slave)
Potter, Capt. Josephus
Rogers, President M.
Brandegee, Judge Augustus
Mather, John Perkins
MacCluggage, Reid
Hyslop, Rev. Wade A. Jr.
Downing, Khachmah Ben-Levi
Joe (freed slave)
Potter, Capt. Josephus
Rogers, President M.
Brandegee, Judge Augustus
Mather, John Perkins
MacCluggage, Reid
Hyslop, Rev. Wade A. Jr.
Search Terms:
Personal Liberty Law
U.S. Customs House
New London Maritime Society
Wilmington, NC
Groton Long Point
Fugitive Slave Act
Canada
Underground Railroad
Black History Month
U.S. Customs House
New London Maritime Society
Wilmington, NC
Groton Long Point
Fugitive Slave Act
Canada
Underground Railroad
Black History Month