Thomas Sims (Q491415)
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HC-PER-38518
- HC-PER-38518
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Thomas Sims
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Statements
Slave
Litigant
Enslaved. Sims became widely known during an unsuccessful effort by abolitionists to prevent his re-enslavement under the Fugitive Slave Act. After the war he worked as a mason and held various patronage jobs.