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Troutman, who planned to return the
Crosswhites to their former master, was confronted by several hundred
Marshall residents who threatened the slaveholders with tar and
feathers. While Troutman was being charged with assault and fined $100,
the Crosswhites fled to Canada. A Kentucky court assessed the
Michiganians with fines equal to the Crosswhites' value. Despite local
tradition that held that the Crosswhite case played a role in Congress's
adoption of a more stringent Fugitive Slave Law in 1850, this was not
true.
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