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    William Henry

    Birth: unknown

    Death: 10-8-1853

    Nickname: Jerry

Biography

Fugitive slave and Cooper from Missouri who had fled to Syracuse, NY, central figure in "Jerry Rescue," which occurred on Oct 5, 1851. Henry was forcibly removed from the jail where he was being held in accordance with the Fugitive Slave Act by sympathetic abolitionists and spirited away to Canada and freedom.

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, October 20, 1851

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Biography: 
Fugitive slave and Cooper from Missouri who had fled to Syracuse, NY, central figure in "Jerry Rescue," which occurred on Oct 5, 1851. Henry was forcibly removed from the jail where he was being held in accordance with the Fugitive Slave Act by sympathetic abolitionists and spirited away to Canada and freedom.
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http://www.stoneskingston.ca/black-history/harriet-powell-and-henry-kelly-house/
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Stones - "Harriet Powell and Henry Kelly House"
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