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The main focus of this letter, written from Lawrence, Kansas Territory, by Samuel F. Tappan, is the case of Dr. John Doy, who had just been convicted of abducting slaves from Missouri. Doy had been sentenced to five years imprisonment, but his lawyers got a two month suspension so they could file an appeal with the state Supreme Court. Tappan outlines the evidence against Doy, which he said rested on the testimony of one proslavery man. He reiterates the story behind the Doy kidnapping in case the recipient, Reverend Thomas W. Higginson, is not aware of all the details. The letter ends by mentioning the strength of the Democratic Party in Kansas Territory.
Creator: Tappan, S. F. (Samuel Forster), -1913
Date: June 27, 1859
Item Number: 90782
Call Number: Thomas W. Higginson Coll. #380 Box 1 Folder 8
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90782
Collections - Manuscript - Higginson, Thomas W.
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Democrat
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - African Americans - Slavery
People - Notable Kansans - Doy, John, b. 1812
People - Notable Kansans - Tappan, Samuel Forster
People - Notable People - Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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