The Rescue of Anthony Hollingsworth

 

Marker Text:
On June 26, 1845, this 12 year - old fugitive slave was captured by slave hunters. Armed residents surrounded the hotel where he was held & demanded his release, defying federal law. Judge Thomas White freed him in the old courthouse on this site.

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Dedicated: 9/27/2002

Location: 6th & Philadelphia Streets, Indiana

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