Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff Part One: The Civil War Within the Civil War: How the South Won the War for the Union
May 16, 2022
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Rose's Rebellion
- Rose, an enslaved woman in South Carolina, led a large-scale insurrection during the Civil War.
- She freed herself and others, disrupted Confederate operations, and fought for liberation until her execution.
Abraham Galloway's Escape and Activism
- Abraham Galloway, born enslaved in North Carolina, escaped to Philadelphia and then Canada.
- He joined abolitionist movements, fought against bounty hunters, and became a key figure in the fight against slavery.
Anti-Man Hunting League
- The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 made even free states unsafe for escaped slaves.
- This led to resistance like the Anti-Man Hunting League in Boston, who kidnapped kidnappers to protect fugitives.