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Christian Charity and the Fugitive Slave Law

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 3, 1858

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 12, No. 3.

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Christian Charity and the Fugitive Slave Law

Judge Leavitt, in his charge to the jury in the case of Conolly, tried at Cincinnati for harboring fugitive slaves, said that "Christian charity was not within the meaning or intent of the Fugitive Slave law, and it would not therefore answer as a defense for violating the law." This is an admission which shows the infamous nature of that law in a clearer light than any of its enemies have ever depicted it.—Sel.