The War Before The War: How the Fugitive Slave Act tipped America toward The Civil War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlBF1o4wKQg
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When Authorities Captured Him, This Group Stole Him Back
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gviuOErnPg8
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#ShadrachMinkins, an escaped #slave, was captured in Boston under the #FugitiveSlaveAct on #ThisDayInHistory in 1850. But as #USMarshals walked him into the courthouse, #abolitionists chose #DirectAction, overpowered them, freed Minkins, and spirited him up to Canada and freedom.
📚 On This Day in Black History – February 15, 1851 📚
Today we remember one of the boldest acts of resistance against the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, the daring rescue of Shadrach Minkins from a Boston courtroom.
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