PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania in the 1850s: 1 through 3 of 3
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November 24, 1851
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania
Fugitive Slave Act, Christiana, RiotThe slave owner Edward Gorsuch traveled to Pennsylvania, along with several men, two of whom were federal marshals, to retrieve six of his slaves that had escaped from his plantation years earlier. Gorsuch planned to confront William Parker, the owner of a tenant house, about harboring his fugitive slaves. An altercation between the two groups of people developed and Gorsuch was killed during the...
June 29, 1856
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania
Church/Religious-Activity, SlaveryPreaching to his Philadelphia congregation, Reverend Dudley A. Tyng spoke out against the violent acts committed by Southerners in attempts to have Kansas admitted to the Union as a slave state. “The blood of a Senator has stained the floor of the Senate Chamber,” said Tyng in his June 29, 1856, sermon, and “the blood of her citizens has been poured out like water on the virgin soil of Kansas,...
November 25, 1857
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania
African-Americans, Race-Relations, Law, Politics, Church/Religious-Activity, Crime/Violence, Health/DeathOn November 25, 1857, William Still recorded a story that told of the horrors of slavery in the South. Still assisted a group of slaves on the journey to freedom by way of the Underground Railroad. He was among the abolitionists during this time that believed that blacks should be afforded equal rights and opportunities that would allow them to earn a living. Still did not feel that blacks were...
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