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<p>This week in 1851… Fugitive slave Shadrach Minkins was captured in Massachusetts... until a crowd of black activists broke into a Boston courtroom and freed him again.</p>

Episode Notes This week in 1851… Fugitive slave Shadrach Minkins was captured in Massachusetts... until a crowd of black activists broke into a Boston courtroom and freed him again.

Episode Notes
<p>This week in 1851… Fugitive slave Shadrach Minkins was captured in Massachusetts... until a crowd of black activists broke into a Boston courtroom and freed him again.</p>

Week of Feb 16:  Shadrach Minkins escapes from the clutches of the Fugitive Slave Act

Sure, Virginia history includes big moments, big battles, and big names. But the richer history is full of smaller events occurring in the fullness of time. The disenfranchised, the nonconformists, and just regular people making Virginia history. Week in, week out. This Week in Virginia History explores those stories, curated by Nathan Moore and culled from the vast archives at Encyclopedia Virginia.

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Week of Feb 16: Shadrach Minkins escapes from the clutches of the Fugitive Slave Act

Week of Feb 16: Shadrach Minkins escapes from the clutches of the Fugitive Slave Act