"The Vigilance Committee of Boston inform you that the MOCK TRIAL of the poor Fugitive Slave has been further postponed.... Come down, then, Sons of the Puritans: for even if the poor victim is to be carried off by the brute force of arms, and delivered over to Slavery, you should at least be present to witness the sacrifice, and you should follow him in sad procession with your tears and prayers, and then go home and take such action as your manhood and your patriotism may suggest. Come, then, by the early trains on MONDAY, and rally.... Come with courage and resolution in your hearts; but, Copyright © 2021. The College Board. These materials are part of a College Board program. Use or distribution of these materials online or in print beyond your school’s participation in the program is prohibited. Page 4 of 14 AP U.S. History Test Booklet 5.3-5 this time, with only such arms as God gave you." Proclamation addressed "To the Yeomanry of New England," Boston, 1854 9. The proclamation most clearly provides evidence for which of the following? AThe spreading of violence associated with the Kansas-Nebraska Act BThe failure of the Compromise of 1850 to lessen sectional tensions CThe abolitionist roots of the Republican Party DThe absence of racism in antebellum New England