SIMS CASE
\sˈɪmz kˈe͡ɪs], \sˈɪmz kˈeɪs], \s_ˈɪ_m_z k_ˈeɪ_s]\
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(1851), a famous fugitive slave case, which illustrates a common method of the seizure of negroes under the law of 1850. Sims was arrested in Boston on a false charge, and immediately claimed as the property of a Mr. Potter, of Virginia. He was sent back to Virginia on a certificate signed by the United States Commissioner, despite the intense indignation of the people, which ran so high that the court house was surrounded with chains and guarded by a company of armed men called afterward "Sims Brigade."
By John Franklin Jameson
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