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Cuyahoga County delegates blocked antiblack provisions from the 1851 constitution. [4] Under the federal Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, free Blacks were kidnapped and conscripted into slavery, as suspected fugitive slaves had no rights in court and could not defend themselves against accusations. [5]
Thirty-seven rescuers were indicted, but as a result of state and federal negotiations, only two were tried in federal court. The case received national attention, and defendants argued eloquently against the law. When rescue allies went to the 1859 Ohio Republican convention, they added a repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law to the party platform ...
The Ohio Anti-Slavery Society was originally created as an auxiliary of the American Anti-Slavery Society. [2] Its first meeting took place in Putnam, Ohio, in April of 1835, [3] and gathered delegates from 25 counties, along with four corresponding members from other states, William T. Allan, James G. Birney, James A. Thome and Ebenezer Martin. [4]
Central Ohio Rescue and Restore is an organization that provides "a collaborative community response to human trafficking in central Ohio through education, services, advocacy, and prosecution." [8] Summit County Collaborative Against Human Trafficking is an organization centered in Summit County that seeks to increase awareness of human ...
Letters to the Editor: The constitution already has enough 'fluff, minutia.' Issue 1 is a power grab to 'own the libs.' There should be a super majority
Ohio was a destination for escaped African Americans slaves before the Civil War. In the early 1870s, the Society of Friends members actively helped former black slaves in their search of freedom. The state was important in the operation of the Underground Railroad .
[Great and prolonged applause, in spite of the efforts of the Court and the Marshal.] [7] The judge gave the men light sentences. Langston and Bushnell sued for a writ of habeas corpus in 1859 in the Ohio Supreme Court, but it ruled against them, with the judge saying he had no choice but to uphold the federal law.
In Marion, Ohio, in July 1839, William Mitchell (a.k.a. William Anderson) was seized by a group of men from Virginia, who alleged that he was an escaped slave.Mitchell, who had been living in Marion for at least a year, was placed on trial under Ohio's 1839 Fugitive Slave Act in the Court of Common Pleas, headed by Ozias Bowen.