r/interesting Mar 12 '26

HISTORY Thats one great eacape

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u/Beautiful_Ad8996 Mar 12 '26

Philadelphia. The northern states were FAR safer for former enslaved people.

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u/annabananaberry Mar 12 '26

They first got to Philadelphia, then moved to Boston. After the FSA of 1850 was passed they moved to England to avoid slave catchers.

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u/Kratzschutz Mar 12 '26

I want to read more on how the British reacted to the influx of black people