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Great thread. In antebellum era, abolitionists made similar points about the ways that the flouting of protections like habeas corpus in the "borderlands" between slave states & free states undermined the rights of citizens everywhere. @karl_jacoby/1268333455840022529On twitter.com
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That's one reason the Anthony Burns case of 1854 proved so explosive. Federal troops were sent to Boston to line the streets as Burns was taken into slavery, spotlighting how far into the "interior" the "border" with slavery reached. massmoments.org/moment-details/fugitive-slave-anthony-burns-arrested.htmlPermalink On twitter.com
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