1850 Fugitive Slave Law
An analysis of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and how it was executed during its time. Access the project here: https://blogs.dickinson.edu/hist-wingert/
Conquering Prejudice
Conquering prejudice,’ or “Fulfilling a Constitutional duty with alacrity.”
Warning about Slave-Hunter, 1850s
Warning to fugitive slaves about a slave-hunter and planned arrest, 1850s
The Bloodhound Business
An illustration from George Washington Carleton’s “Suppressed Book about Slavery!”
Running Away
An illustration from George Washington Carleton’s “Suppressed Book about Slavery!”
The Successful Manhunt
An illustration from Richard Hildreth’s novel, “The White Slave.”
Ellen Craft, the Fugitive Slave
An illustration from “Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or the Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery.”
A Freeholder’s Court
An illustration from Richard Hildreth’s novel, “The White Slave.”