EPISODE #11: September 11th, 1851: Black Folk Unite and Fight Off Slavehunters
Update: 2020-09-15
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On September 11th, 1851, in Christiana, Pennsylvania (u.s.a.), a mutual defense network of Black abolitionists led by William Parker confronted a posse of u.s. marshals and slave catchers pursuing 4 Black men who escaped from a plantation in Maryland. After surrounding and repelling the marshals, they killed the slaveholder, wounded his son, and helped the 4 escapees flee to a community of free Black people in Canada. Did you learn about this in school?
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