FootNote
The new kid on the block, FootNote is known for digitizing historical
documents... many of which are genealogical gems. With naturalizations,
city directories, war records, newspapers, town records, etc... this new
kid is quickly being recognized as an alternative to Ancestry.
While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
American Anti-Slavery Society,
138 Nassau Street, New York., 1856.
The Fugitive Slave Law was enacted by
Congress in September, 1850, received the
signature of Howell Cobb, of Georgia, as
Speaker of the House of Representatives, of
William R. King, of Alabama, as President of
the Senate, and was "approved," September
18th, of that year, by Millard Fillmore,
Acting President of the United States.
The authorship of the Bill is generally
ascribed to James M. Mason, Senator from
Virginia. Before proceeding to the principal
object of this tract, it is proper to give a
synopsis of the Act itself, which was well
called, by the New York Evening Post, "An
Act for the Encouragement of Kidnapping." It
is in ten sections.
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