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By Mike Wintermantel, February 27, 2011
Old Courthouse
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Pennsylvania, Indiana County, Indiana — The Rescue of Anthony Hollingsworth —  |
| On June 26, 1845, this 12 year-old fugitive slave was captured by slave hunters. Armed residents surrounded the hotel where he was held and demanded his release, defying federal law. Judge Thomas White freed him in the old courthouse on this site. — — Map (db m40559) HM | |||
| 2 ► Pennsylvania, Indiana County, Clymer — Dr. Robert Mitchell — (1786-1863) — |
| Outspoken opponent of slavery, Mitchell was widely known as an abolitionist. In September 1845, he harbored five fugitives from slavery on his property here. Following a raid by bounty hunters, two men escaped; three were returned to slavery. . . . — — Map (db m40569) HM | |||