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"Landing a fugitive slave at Drake's Wharf, Boston, from the Yacht 'Moby Dick,' Capt. Austin Bearse, on the night of July 18, 1853"
Engraving of a ship in the water and a small boat rowing towards shore.
Austin Bearse assisted freedom seekers who stowed away on ships coming from the South by meeting them with his boat, the "Moby Dick."
Austin Bearse, Reminisces of the Fugitive Slave Law Days. (Boston: Warren Richardson, 1880)
Austin Bearse, Reminisces of the Fugitive Slave Law Days. (Boston: Warren Richardson, 1880)
Public domain:Reminisces of the Fugitive Slave Law Days courtesy of Harvard University
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Boston African American National Historic Site, Code: BOAF
Boston African American National Historic Site, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.3578987121582, Longitude: -71.0706024169922
Latitude: 42.3578987121582, Longitude: -71.0706024169922
1880
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Organization: Boston African American National Historic Site
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Fugitive Slave Law Boston Harbor (3).jpg
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