During the time of slavery, in Christiana, Pennsylvania, a major group of African-Americans and white abolitionists battled with the Maryland police force that was intended to capture four fugitive slaves most probably hidden in the town. The actual violence started in the city when the Congress passed the second Fugitive Slave Law. The law required […]
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