On September 13, 1858, a federal marshal in Oberlin, Ohio arrested a fugitive slave, John Price. Under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, the federal government was required to assist slaveholders in reclaiming fugitive slaves. The marshal knew that in the area where Price was caught, many of the residents were abolitionists. He decided to […]

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