The Christiana Resistance: The First Shots of the Civil War

11/22/17 • -1 min

Season 2, Episode 4. Chris Calton looks at one of the first episodes of armed resistance to the Fugitive Slave Acts. He explains how abolitionist William Parker, a free black man, changed America forever.

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Season 2, Episode 3. In this episode, Chris Calton looks at the horrors of fugitive slave laws, the ways government incentivized the kidnapping of free blacks, and the rise of private defense groups to fight off slavers.

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Season 2, Episode 5. In this episode, Chris Calton discusses some of the most significant outcomes of the Fugitive Slave Act, such as the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin — the most widely-read novel of the nineteenth century — and the attempted rescue of Anthony Burns.