Week of Feb 15: Shadrach Minkins was arrested in Boston
- Author
- Virginia Audio Collective
- Published
- Tue 15 Feb 2022
- Episode Link
- None
Episode Notes
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 threatened self-emancipated Black people in the northern states. The federal law required the return of escaped slaves from one state to another. And one of the first people caught in its wide net was Shadrach Minkins.
