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Title: "Free Persons of Color" in Niles Weekly Register (January 27, 1827)
Description: Niles Weekly Register, 1827, First Edition. Book Disbound , Very Good, Complete original disbound small format (approximately 6 x 9) newspaper in very good condition with some discoloration at the edges and scattered foxing. This article deals withe the problem of free persons of color being mistaken for runaway slaves. In some detail, this article details a report of House of Representatives Committee on the District of Columbia outlines the problem of the wrongful imprisonment and proposes a registration program that freeman can obtain a document to support their claims of freedom in the face of authorities supposing otherwise.

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