How A Small Town DEFIED The Fugitive Slave Act #untoldstory

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In 1851, a small Pennsylvania town became the unlikely site of a fierce battle for freedom that would shake the nation. When a wealthy slaveholder arrived to reclaim his "property" under the controversial Fugitive Slave Act, he encountered something he hadn’t expected—a community ready to resist. What unfolded at William Parker’s farmhouse was a deadly standoff that would ignite national outrage, test the boundaries of the law, and foreshadow the Civil War. Discover the forgotten story of the Christiana Resistance, where courage and conviction met oppression in a fight that helped shape America's path toward abolition. #ChristianaResistance #UntolodHistory #slavery

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