Excerpt from Twelfth Annual Report: Presented to the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society Slave-hunter. A public meeting of the petitioners was held in Faneuil Hall on the 17th of February, when the immense peti tion was delivered by the Committee, which had it in charge, to Mr. Charles francis adams, by whom it was presented, on the same day, to the House of Representatives. To the zeal and ability of this gentleman in the management of the business, its successful issue was in a great degree attributable. The re sult of this movement was, the passage of a law, with very few dissenting voices, making it a penal offence for any magistrate Or executive officer of the State to assist in the arrest or delivery of any person claimed as a fugitive slave, and prohibiting those having charge of the jails and other places of confinement to use them for his detention. The dignity of official Slave-catchers for the State of Massachusetts is now, therefore, monopolized by the Judges and officers of the United States' Courts for this District. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.