ResistanceOctober 1, 1851
The Jerry Rescue
A Syracuse crowd of thousands breaks into a jail to free William "Jerry" Henry, defying the Fugitive Slave Act.
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Connections to other moments, systems, and investigations — the links rarely drawn together.
- responded to·EventThe Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Syracuse's open defiance of the Fugitive Slave Act galvanized the abolitionist North.