Parker Kidnapping & Rescue - Nottingham PA
Posted by: Don.Morfe
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Emboldened by the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, Maryland slave catchers kidnapped Rachel and Elizabeth Parker from the Nottingham area in 1851.
Waymark Code: WM16YF2
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2022
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LOCATION: At Fremont Cemetery & Union Methodist Church, 321 Fremont Rd., Nottingham, PA
TEXT ON THE HISTORICAL MARKER:
Parker Kidnapping & Rescue-Emboldened by the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, Maryland slave catchers kidnapped Rachel and Elizabeth Parker from the Nottingham area in 1851. Rachel’s employer Joseph Miller was murdered in a failed attempt to rescue her from Baltimore. Public outrage led Pa. officials to seek the sisters’ release in a Md. civil court case that secured their freedom in 1853. The forcible enslavement of two young free black women galvanized antislavery sentiment.
Civil Right Type: Race (includes U.S. Civil Rights movement)
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