Shadrach Minkins

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Shadrach Minkins was an African American fugitive slave whose 1851 arrest and dramatic rescue in Boston became a landmark event in the resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act and the abolitionist movement in the United States.

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Shadrach Minkins canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abolitionist movement figure ⓘ
fugitive slave ⓘ
person ⓘ
arrestedBy U.S. marshals ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Marshal
arrestedUnder Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 ⓘ
burialPlace Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal ⓘ
countryOfAsylum Province of Canada ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfArrest 1851-02-15 ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1814 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1875-12-13 ⓘ
dateOfEscape May 1850 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1853 ⓘ
dateOfRescue 1851-02-15 ⓘ
enslavedBy John DeBree ⓘ
escapeRoute Underground Railroad ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
event arrest under the Fugitive Slave Act ⓘ
escape from slavery in Virginia ⓘ
legal proceedings in Boston following his rescue ⓘ
rescue from custody by abolitionists ⓘ
familyName Minkins ⓘ
fledTo Canada ⓘ
givenName Shadrach ⓘ
hasEffect galvanized abolitionist sentiment in Massachusetts ⓘ
intensified Northern resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act ⓘ
historicalPeriod Antebellum United States ⓘ
linked to: Antebellum period
historicalSignificance symbol of Northern defiance to federal fugitive slave enforcement ⓘ
legalCase United States v. Shadrach Minkins ⓘ
movement abolitionism ⓘ
notableFor being a fugitive slave rescued in Boston in 1851 ⓘ
his case becoming a landmark in resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 ⓘ
inspiring abolitionist opposition to the Fugitive Slave Act ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
occupation barber ⓘ
waiter ⓘ
placeOfArrest Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
placeOfAsylum Montreal, Canada East ⓘ
placeOfBirth Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Montreal, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Montreal
placeOfDetention Boston federal courthouse ⓘ
placeOfEnslavement Norfolk, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfEscapeDestination Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
placeOfRescue Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
rescuedBy Black activists in Boston ⓘ
Boston abolitionists ⓘ
members of the Boston Vigilance Committee ⓘ
residence Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Mary Elizabeth Blake ⓘ
transportedTo Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ
Underground Railroad safe houses ⓘ

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Shadrach Minkins case → hasMainSubject → Shadrach Minkins ⓘ
Shadrach Minkins case → hasParticipant → Shadrach Minkins ⓘ