Town That Started the Civil War Book Report

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Town That Started the Civil War

In the years prior to the American Civil War there were many incidents of conflict between the Abolitionists, or the anti-slavery forces, and the pro-slavery forces throughout the country. While everyone has heard of "Bleeding Kansas" and John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, not many have heard of the other incidents which led up to the Civil War. Nat Brown, in his book The Town That Started The Civil War described in detail one of these events, the Oberlin-Wellington rescue of a fugitive slave. In this incident, a fugitive slave had been recaptured in accordance with the federal Fugitive Slave Act, but the residents of Oberlin and Wellington Ohio rose up and rescued the former slave from the clutches of the "slave catchers." As a result, dozens of the citizens of these citizens were arrested and indicted while two were actually put on trial and found guilty.

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However, the fact that the Abolitionists were willing to break the law and use whatever means were necessary to free the escaped slave, was an indication that the Northerners were willing to fight for their beliefs.

For many years, those in the South who supported slavery constantly threatened to use violence and even secede from the union over the issue of slavery. During the 1850's, pro-slavery supporters had flooded into Kansas and violently clashed with anti-slavery supporters. Many in the North were tired of pro-slavery forces always getting their way. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1950 was another irritant to the Abolitionists, as it required slaves who had escaped from the South and fled to non-slave states in the North, to be captured and returned to their former masters in the South. Many Northerners viewed….....

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