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Fugitive slaves in Canada

Calvin Fairbank

An eye-witness account of the scene depicted in this illustration the scene described is of "about forty men, all chained together. . . . Behind them were about thirty women, in double rank, the couples tied hand to hand...."

"Modern Medea," Margaret Garner with her slain child. From Harper's Weekly, May 18, 1867 by Thomas Noble.