1850 / 1990 CHAS GERDING. The Fugitive Slave Caught between Oppression & Deliverance. Preaching A rare assemblage

A rare assemblage

April 10th

he preserved us - defended us from our Foes and ye like

Apparently original vellum

1850 / 1990 CHAS GERDING. The Fugitive Slave Caught between Oppression & Deliverance. Preaching A rare assemblageAn exceptional Artist Proof example of Chas Gerding's "The Fugitive." As a result of the Fugitive Slave Act, adopted in September of 1850, slaves who managed to free themselves and flee the South to the North were to be considered as have "illegal" status. Further, any who protected, harbored, or did not turn a suspected fugitive in to authorities could themselves be found guilty of possessing "contraband," or stolen property. Executed in solid