Abolitionist Edward G. Walker



advertisement sale of shadrach minkins, 1849


walker became abolitionist father had been. in 1851 collaborated attorney robert morris , activist lewis hayden of boston vigilance committee gain release of shadrach minkins, fugitive slave virginia had been arrested in boston marshals under fugitive slave act of 1850. men helped minkins hide , travel via underground railroad canada, settled in montreal. men well-known boston abolitionists praised efforts obtain minkins release. many boston residents resisted 1850 law, resenting requirement officials in free states support slaveholders efforts take slaves.


walker worked equal rights. while massachusetts had ended slavery in state result of new constitution , court case, did not extend franchise african-american men until 1857. blacks in boston gained integration in city schools children in 1855, state legislative act after years of lobbying in city , @ legislature.








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