Excerpt from The American Anti-Slavery Almanac, for 1839
In 1831, a free colored coachman, wh0se wife was confined, started to go for a midwife. He was seized and imprisoned by the patrol, notwithstanding his tears and entreaties. In the morning his wife was found dead, Â a victim to the nation's crucity. See Letter from Washington, in the Genius of Universal Emancipation.