Daniel Kaufman (1818-1902) was the last abolitionist to be convicted under the 1793 Fugitive Slave Act for harboring freedom seekers. In 1847, Kaufman sheltered a group of 13 freedom seekers at his farm in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania. The freedom seekers escaped, but slaveholders sought damages from Kaufman and won in the third trial in 1852.
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