Requisitions for the return of fugitives from justice, 1859-1861.

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Requisitions for the return of fugitives from justice, 1859-1861.

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These are requests to Governor Beriah Magoffin from governors of other states asking for the capture and extradition of fugitives from justice. Included is a request from Pennsylvania for the return of a man charged with kidnapping a free black man for the purpose of selling him to slavery in the South, and from Texas of an accused bigamist.

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Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives, Kentucky State Archives

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Magoffin, Beriah, 1815-1885

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Governor of Kentucky, public official of Kentucky and Mississippi, and lawyer. From the description of Letters of Beriah Magoffin, 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454225 ...

Kentucky. Governor (1859-1862 : Magoffin)

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Beriah Magoffin, a Democrat, served as governor of Kentucky from 1859 to 1862, during the period of the secession crisis and the first years of the Civil War. He resigned after three years in office when, as a result of the hostile political climate, his power and effectiveness as governor were considerably diminished. Born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky in 1815, Magoffin received a degree from Centre College and graduated from the law school at Transylvania University in 1838...