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SPEECH OF JOHN HOSSACK,
CONVICTED OF A
VIOLATION OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW,
BEFORE JUDGE DRUMMOND,
OF THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, CHICAGO, ILL.

NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. 1860.


SPEECH OF JOHN HOSSACK.

[At the February term of the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of Illinois, JOHN HOSSACK and JOSEPH STOUT,
of Ottawa, were convicted of having aided in rescuing a
fugitive slave from the custody of the U.S. Deputy Marshal at
Ottawa, Oct. 20, 1859, and sentenced by Judge Drummond to pay
a fine of one hundred dollars, and be imprisoned ten days.
Mr. HOSSACK is a Scotchman by birth, but spent many years of
his life in Quebec, following the occupation of a baker.
About twenty years since, he removed to Ottawa, Illinois, and
assisted in the construction of the Illinois and Michigan
Canal. He has been for some years past a prominent dealer in
grain, has acquired a competency by enterprise and industry,
and is considered one of the most upright and intelligent
citizens in the community.
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