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(1850) Cazenovia Convention

Abolitionists rally at the Cazenovia Convention in upstate New York on August 21 to protest the proposed Fugitive Slave Act. Over 2,000 abolitionists and 50 freedom seekers attend, as Frederick Douglass and other speakers vow to resist slave catchers with force.

[This post is still under construction, more forthcoming in 2023]

(1856) Garner Family Rendition

US authorities recapture freedom seeker Margaret Garner and her family near Cincinnati, Ohio on January 28. Rather than see her family returned to slavery, Garner kills her youngest child before federal officers seize her. The US government eventually returns Garner and her family to slavery under the Fugitive Slave Act, but not before the tragic case shocks more Northerners into speaking out against slavery.

[This post is still under construction, more forthcoming in 2023]

Brown, George

George Brown was the publisher of the Globe and Mail and a supporter of antislavery activism in Canada.

ESSAYS: Barker

ROLES: 

Brown, John L

John L. Brown was a Maine abolitionist convicted for helping a freedom seeker in Charleston, South Carolina.

ESSAYS: Sinha

ROLES: UGRR Operative

Brown, William Wells

William Wells Brown was a freedom seeker who escaped from Missouri in 1834 and became a celebrated author and speaker on the abolitionist lecture circuit.

ESSAYS: Blackett // Barker // Crew // Johnson

ROLES: Abolitionist // Freedom Seeker // UGRR Operative

Bruce, Henry Clay and Pauline

Henry Clay Bruce and Pauline Bruce were an enslaved couple in Missouri who escaped from slavery in 1864.

ESSAY: Johnson

ROLES: Freedom Seeker

Bryan, Andrew

Andrew Bryan founded of the one of the first African American churches in Savannah, Georgia.

ESSAYS: LaRoche

ROLES: 

Burnside, Ambrose

Ambrose Burnside was a US general during the Civil War.

ESSAYS: Manning

ROLES: 

Burr, James

James Burr was an abolitionist convicted of slave stealing in Missouri in 1841.

ESSAYS: Sinha

ROLES: UGRR Operative

Butler, Benjamin

Benjamin Butler was a US general during the Civil War who developed the contraband decision.

ESSAYS: Manning

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