Syracuse Vigilance Committee
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The Syracuse Vigilance Committee was an abolitionist organization in Syracuse, New York, dedicated to resisting the Fugitive Slave Act and aiding escaped enslaved people in the years before the American Civil War.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abolitionist organization
ⓘ
anti-slavery organization ⓘ vigilance committee ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
antebellum period
ⓘ
years before the American Civil War ⓘ |
| activity |
coordinating escapes along the Underground Railroad
ⓘ
mobilizing local citizens against slave rendition ⓘ organizing resistance to slave catchers ⓘ providing legal assistance to fugitive slaves ⓘ providing shelter to fugitive slaves ⓘ |
| areaServed | Syracuse metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | resistance to slave renditions in Syracuse ⓘ |
| basedIn | Onondaga County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broaderMovement |
American anti-slavery movement
ⓘ
Northern resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | militant wing of local abolitionism ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ethos |
civil disobedience
ⓘ
moral opposition to unjust laws ⓘ |
| focus |
assistance to African American fugitives from slavery
ⓘ
civil disobedience against pro-slavery laws ⓘ |
| goal |
prevent return of escaped enslaved people to bondage
ⓘ
undermine enforcement of federal fugitive slave laws ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Fugitive Slave Law enforcement in the 1850s ⓘ |
| ideology |
belief in universal human freedom
ⓘ
opposition to slavery in the United States ⓘ |
| legalStatus | informal association ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | 19th century ⓘ |
| location | Syracuse, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Underground Railroad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
abolitionism ⓘ |
| operatedIn | New York (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposed | Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedLaw | Fugitive Slave Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedTo | slave catchers operating in the North ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
abolitionist
ⓘ
anti-slavery ⓘ |
| purpose |
aid escaped enslaved people
ⓘ
protect freedom seekers from slave catchers ⓘ resist enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | Central New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | freedom seekers traveling to Canada ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization |
grassroots
ⓘ
local committee ⓘ |
| workedWith |
African American community in Syracuse
ⓘ
local Underground Railroad networks ⓘ sympathetic clergy and churches in Syracuse ⓘ |
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