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Kidnapping Negroes

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Parent Issue
Day
5
Month
August
Year
1864
Copyright
Public Domain
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enort ia being m;ido Muryland ti kidnap negroes for the northern States The National Inlclligencer saya : The practica is for tho crimpinj, agent eecretly to approach a herc whom he thinks ho can frighten into sub.iiiseion, and to inform him that by the law, as it now stands, all negroes are compelled to enter the army. Wc are apprised of a case in which a negro escapad from this species of kid napping a few days ago only after the most earoest resistance, and by the interposiciĆ³n oĆ­ one of our most distinguished citizeus. We suppose that the men who are ongaged in these illegal proieedingf are animated bv the lure of the bounty offered to new recruits.

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus