Charles G. Davis

Released
Date of birth:30. 05. 1820
Date of death:02. 07. 1903
Age:83† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Massachusetts
Support
Abolitionism
Charles G. Davis

Biography

Charles G. Davis was a Massachusetts abolitionist attorney and Boston Vigilance Committee member, prosecuted by the federal government for his role in the February 1851 rescue of Shadrach Minkins. The jury acquitted.

Case

Charges: Aiding and abetting the rescue of a fugitive from labor under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
Arrested: Feb 21, 1851
Sentence: Acquitted.
Prosecutor: George Lunt (U.S. Attorney, District of Massachusetts)
Convicted: No
Plead: Not guilty

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