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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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