“The Extradition Case: Great Meeting in the Saint Lawrence Hall, The Rights of the Slave.”
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Title
“The Extradition Case: Great Meeting in the Saint Lawrence Hall, The Rights of the Slave.”
Description
A newspaper article describing a mass public meeting held at St. Lawrence Hall in Toronto to protest the possible extradition of John Anderson, a fugitive enslaved man from Missouri. The article reports that despite severe weather, the hall was crowded with citizens expressing sympathy for Anderson and urging the Canadian government not to return him to slavery.
Creator
Digitized by the newspaper archive
Source
Canadian Black Lives. The Case of John Anderson. PDF file.
Local file path provided: john-anderson-lesson (3).pdf
(Originally distributed through Canadian Black Lives educational resources.)
Local file path provided: john-anderson-lesson (3).pdf
(Originally distributed through Canadian Black Lives educational resources.)
Publisher
Digitized by the newspaper archive
Date
Unknown
Rights
Digitized by the newspaper archive
Files
Citation
Digitized by the newspaper archive, ““The Extradition Case: Great Meeting in the Saint Lawrence Hall, The Rights of the Slave.”,” Black Canadian History Exhibit, accessed December 5, 2025, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/mathieu-black-canadian-history-exhibit/items/show/457.