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Joseph Cox correspondence to Governor Salmon P. Chase, May 15, 1856 & April 29, 1856

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Title	Joseph Cox correspondence to Governor Salmon P. Chase, May 15, 1856 & April 29, 1856
Subject	Fugitive slaves--Ohio--History Law & legal affairs Governors -- Ohio Ohio History -- Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Time Period	1850s
Place	Cincinnati (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description	This correspondence includes letters from Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Cox to Governor Salmon P. Chase concerning the Margaret Garner Fugitive Slave Case of 1856, as well as copies of the original indictment for murder and order to the sheriff from the United States District Court Southern District Court of Ohio, Judge Humphrey Howe Leavitt. Margaret Garner was a fugitive slave who escaped from Kentucky to Cincinnati on January 28, 1856. She and her family were caught by United States federal marshals at a relative’s house before they were able to escape further north via the Underground Railroad. Rather than return to a life of slavery, Garner murdered one of her daughters and attempted to kill her other three children, planning to take her own life as well. Her case was the longest fugitive slave hearing of the era, as the judge deliberated whether she and her accomplices should be tried as property under the Fugitive Slave Law or tried as persons and charged with murder. Her defense attorneys argued that she should be tried for murder, hoping that her case would be held in the free state of Ohio where she could later be pardoned for her crimes. The judge ultimately determined that the Fugitive Slave Law took precedence and Margaret Garner was returned to slavery. These documents describe the crime and some of the circumstances surrounding the case.
Creator	Cox, Joseph
Date of Original	May 15, 1856; April 29, 1856
Source	State Archives Series 631, BV2226
Format	manuscripts; letters
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	text
Date created	2012-10-11

Title	Series631_BV2226_03_001_1
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Series631_BV2226_03_001_1.tif
Image Height	2456
Image Width	3068
File Size	12588702 Bytes
Date created	2012-10-11

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