JONES CASE
\d͡ʒˈə͡ʊnz kˈe͡ɪs], \dʒˈəʊnz kˈeɪs], \dʒ_ˈəʊ_n_z k_ˈeɪ_s]\
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a fugitive slave case. George Jones, a respectable colored man, was arrested in New York in 1836, on a fictitious charge of assault and battery. He was taken before Recorder Riker and was released to his kidnappers as their property, their word being taken as sufficient evidence. This was a favorite method of kidnapping.
By John Franklin Jameson
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