Chapter XXI

, of a series of articles entitled "The Early Settlement and Growth of Western Iowa."

74. John Brown's raid.

1858, December 20. Abduction of twelve slaves from Missouri, who were conducted directly through to Canada: Sanborn, _Life and Letters of John Brown_, 480-483; Redpath, _Public Life of Capt. John Brown_, 219-221; Hinton, _John Brown and His Men_, 30-32, 221, 222; Von Holst, _John Brown_, 104; I. B. Richman, _John Brown among the Quakers, and Other Sketches_, 46-48; _Life of Frederick Douglass_, 1881, 280, 281, 318, 319; McDougall, _Fugitive Slaves_, 51, 52.

75. Charles Nalle case. (Troy, New York, rescue case.)

1859, April 28. _Troy Whig_, April 28, 1859; Bradford, _Harriet, the Moses of Her People_, 143-149; _History of the County of Albany, N. Y., from 1609-1886_, p. 765; _Liberator_, May 4, 1860.

76. Jim Gray case.

1859, October 20. Dismissal of fugitive from arrest by decision of State Supreme Court at Ottawa, Illinois, followed by the rescue of the slave from the custody of the United States marshal, and the prosecution of several of the rescuers: _Ottawa_ (Ill.) _Republican_, Nov. 9, 1891; _Pontiac_ (Ill.) _Sentinel_, 1891-92; Speech of John Hossack, convicted of violation of the Fugitive Slave Law, before Judge Drummond of the United States District Court, Chicago, Ill. (New York, 1860.)

77. Sheldon and Woodford case.

1860, March. Prosecution of Edward Sheldon and Newton Woodford, of Tabor, Iowa, for aiding fugitives: Rev. John Todd, _Tabor_ (Iowa) _Beacon_, 1890-91,