Week of October 4: The escape of George and Rebecca Latimer
- Author
- Virginia Audio Collective
- Published
- Tue 04 Oct 2022
- Episode Link
- None
Episode Notes
This week in 1842... George and Rebecca Latimer escaped slavery in Virginia. Their story and the challenges they faced inspired the 1843 Liberty Law, which forbid Massachusetts officers to arrest, detain, or deliver any fugitive slave back to their enslaver.
