The Christiana Resistance: The First Shots of the Civil War

Historical Controversies Podcast: Season 2

Tags: U.S. History

11/22/2017 Chris Calton

Season 2, Episode 4. Chris Calton looks at one of the first episodes of armed resistance to the Fugitive Slave Acts. He explains how abolitionist William Parker, a free black man, changed America forever.

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