Name: Boston police escorting a 17 year old fugitive slave, Thomas Sims, from the court house to the wharf, in May 1851. He was put on a ship for Savannah, GA. Within a year, Burns was back in Boston, after African Americans raised $1,300 to buy his liberty. From Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. At upper right, Bostonians look upon the scene (BSLOC_2018_5_176) - SuperStock
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Boston police escorting a 17 year old fugitive slave, Thomas Sims, from the court house to the wharf, in May 1851. He was put on a ship for Savannah, GA. Within a year, Burns was back in Boston, after African Americans raised $1,300 to buy his liberty. From Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. At upper right, Bostonians look upon the scene (BSLOC_2018_5_176)

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