Eric BeckmanJan 17
Fabulous resource for US History teachers. Part of a very interesting thread. #ITeachSocialStudies #TeachUSHistory

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Eric BeckmanNov 19

This, from 1854, sounds familiar:

"After antislavery activists heckled a speech by Senator Stephen A. Douglas, in which he defended compromises to pacify enslavers, papers across the south reprinted the description offered by the Douglas-owned Chicago Times, which characterized the event as an attack on free speech by a radical mob."
From an article on resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act in Chicago
https://chicagoreader.com/city-life/chicago-has-always-defied-kidnappings-of-our-neighbors/

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Chicago has always defied kidnappings of our neighbors

Even after the passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, local officials and everyday people resisted the legalized abductions of men, women, and children who had escaped slavery

Chicago Reader