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Title: Annals of Iowa
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Howe, Samuel Storrs, 1808-1888 Parvin, Theodore Sutton, 1817-1901 Lloyd, Frederick Huff, Sanford W Aldrich, Charles, 1828-1908 Harlan, Edgar Rubey, 1869-1941 Iowa. Division of Historical Museum and Archives State Historical Society of Iowa Iowa. Historical Dept Iowa. Historical, Memorial, and Art Dept
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iriver, as far north as the southern boundary of Iowa. Theyouth of today may have some traditional information in re-gard to the Peculiar Institution which, though now con-demned by all civilized peoples, was formerly the pride andboast of the genuine Southerner. The poison of the systemhad so perverted his human nature, his intelligence, his sense *George Frazee was born in New York City, April 1, 1821. He was educated in theprivate academies of that state and of New Jersey. He emigrated to the state ofKentucky in 1843, where he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1847. He set-tled in Burlington, Iowa, in 1849, and has lived there continuously ever since. Hehas been for many years the senior member of the bar of his county. He has held anumber of local offices and has become quite well known through the publication ofseveral pamphlets upon local historical topics. He has also written much for thenewspaper press on public and economical topics, including money and the currency.
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MU. GEOKGE FRAZEE. Pioneer Iowa Journalist, author of Historical Pamphlets,The Iowa Fugitive Slave Case, etc. THE IOWA FUGITIVE SLAVE CASE. 119 of right and justice, his morality and even his religion, thathe insisted that slavery was a blessing to the bondsman, aswell as to his master, and even the preachers of Christianitywere its advocates from the pulpit. They had become slavesof the system themselves, and so infatuated by its delusionsas to hate with deadly malice all who ventured to expressdoubt of its blessedness. The whole race made themselvesslaves that they might have slaves. The tyranny of the sys-tem made it dangerous for any freeman, white or black, todo or say anything which indicated opposition to its author-ity. An Abolitionist was an object of detestation and ab-horrence so intense that if one ventured into the South andgave utterance to his opinions he might deem himself for-tunate if he escaped with so mild a penalty as a coat of tarand feathers. In fact, very few k

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