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The Escape of Shadrach Minkins, 1851

Slave advertisement for Shadrach Minkins
Slave advertisement for Shadrach Minkins

On 15 February 1851, a crowd of African-Americans and abolitionists raided the Boston courthouse and rescued Shadrach Minkins, aka Frederick Jenkins, an imprisoned runaway enslaved person, then smuggled him to freedom in Canada.

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