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Negro Dan Loses (1856)

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
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That the vast majority of the Saints opposed slavery is well known, but slavery still existed in Utah. In June 1856, the territory brought charges of kidnapping against William Camp and three friends who recaptured a runaway slave name Negro Dan, who belonged to Camp. The four were acquitted in spite of “a great excitement” [...]