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On the day George Latimer and Rebecca arrived in Boston, Latimer was recognized by a man named William R. Carpenter, a former employee of James Gray, who contacted Gray. [2] [3] On October 20, Latimer was arrested. [4] The initial charge was larceny. [3] Latimer was brought before Justice Joseph Story, who ordered that he be held. [5]
The Abolition Riot of 1836 took place in Boston, Massachusetts in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. In August 1836, Eliza Small and Polly Ann Bates, two enslaved women from Baltimore who had run away, were arrested in Boston and brought before Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw. The judge ordered them freed because of a problem with the arrest ...
George Stephen Latimer (born November 22, 1953) is an American Democratic Party politician serving as County Executive in Westchester County, New York since 2018. Prior to his election as County Executive, he served in the New York State Senate for the 37th District from 2013 to 2017.
Latimer got into the race at the urging of Jewish leaders upset with Bowman's criticism of Israel. An exorbitant amount of money, mostly tied to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, has flooded into the race to oppose Bowman after he accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, where over 37,000 Palestinians have been killed.
Westchester County Executive George Latimer won a bruising primary against Rep. Jamaal Bowman in June to become the Democratic nominee for the 16th District House seat Bowman has held since 2021.
A free Black minister bought George Latimer's freedom and the family settled in the area. Born in Chelsea in 1848, Latimer fought in the Navy in the latter years of the Civil War while underage.
Westchester County Executive George Latimer speaks at a press conference in Mount Vernon on June 24, 2024 to announce the endorsement of eight Black clergy members for his primary race for Congress
William Harrell Felton. Education. Madison Female College. Rebecca Ann Felton (née Latimer; June 10, 1835 – January 24, 1930) was an American writer, politician, white supremacist, and slave owner who was the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, serving for only one day. [2][3] She was a prominent member of the Georgia upper ...