Frederick Sumner Boyd

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:New Jersey
Support
Socialism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
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Biography

Frederick Sumner Boyd was a British-born IWW soapboxer and former Socialist Party speaker who traveled to Paterson during the 1913 silk strike. He was convicted under New Jersey's Criminal Anarchy Law for a speech in which he allegedly advocated industrial sabotage — specifically the use of dyes to ruin scab-produced silk. Sentenced to 1 to 7 years at the New Jersey State Prison in Trenton, his conviction was the most notorious 'sabotage' prosecution of the pre-war IWW.

Case

New Jersey State Prison
Charges: Violation of the New Jersey Criminal Anarchy Law (advocacy of sabotage
Arrested: Apr 1, 1913
Sentence: 1 to 7 years Charges as recorded: Violation of the New Jersey Criminal Anarchy Law (advocacy of sabotage during the Paterson silk strike)
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: New Jersey

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