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1858 Watson Freeman Cigar Confiscation Document

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1858 Watson Freeman Cigar Confiscation Document
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4 1/4" by 8". Document reads: Record of Watson Freeman U.S. Marshal. Ninety Boxes Cigars Supposed to contain 9000 M seized in Violation of the Revenue Laws. From Brig Henry June 27, Boston May 10th 1858 John Hobart Clark Storekeeper U.S. Apprs Stores. Watson Freeman is primarily remembered for his controversial and aggressive enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 in Boston, a city that was a major center for the abolitionist movement. Freeman was widely despised by local abolitionists. One notable instance involved a local African American tailor, Henry Weeden, who famously refused to repair Freeman’s coat, writing back that "principle first, money afterwards" and that he would not serve a man who volunteered to arrest fugitive slaves.