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165 years ago this week: Charles Faulkner is appointed American Minister to France; the Felon's Feast in Oberlin, Ohio, and how thirty-six men were charged in helping freedom seeker John Price escape capture due to the Fugitive Slave Act (this would be known as the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue); a new book, "The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It" gives Northerners more reasons to be against the institution of slavery.
Join me each week (Tuesday) as I spotlight people & events that eventually lead us into the four-year battle. If you'd like to start at the beginning, there is a playlist on YouTube of all recap videos to-date, starting with January 1, 1859.
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