1 sept 1851 año - Christiana, Pennsylvania

Descripción:

Cause: fugitive slave act-> many abolitionists give up nonviolence approach

description: 20 African Americans exchange gunfire w/ Maryland slave catchers (2 killed).

effect: federal authorities indicted 36 black ppl and four white ppl four treason and more. Pennsylvania jury acquitted one defendant and the gov dropped the rest of the charges.

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