 In 1844 Briggs , alarmed at a recently enacted policy by South Carolina authorizing the imprisonment of free blacks arriving there from Massachusetts and other northern states , sent representatives to protest the policy . Samuel Hoar and his daughter Elizabeth were unsuccessful in changing South Carolina policy , and after protests against what was perceived as Yankee interference in Southern affairs , were advised to leave the state for their own safety . 
 In 1844 Briggs , alarmed at a recently enacted policy by South Carolina authorizing the imprisonment of free blacks arriving there from Massachusetts and other northern states , sent representatives to protest the policy . Samuel Hoar and his daughter Elizabeth <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> unsuccessful in changing South Carolina policy , and after protests against what was perceived as Yankee interference in Southern affairs , <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> advised to leave the state for their own safety . 
In 1844 Briggs , alarmed at a recently enacted policy by South Carolina authorizing the imprisonment of free blacks arriving there from Massachusetts and other northern states , sent representatives to protest the policy . Samuel Hoar and his daughter Elizabeth was unsuccessful in changing South Carolina policy , and after protests against wat was perceived as Yankee interference in Southern affairs , was advised to leave da state for their own safety .