Boston Vigilance Committee

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19th-century organization abolitionist organization vigilance committee

The Boston Vigilance Committee was an abolitionist organization in 19th-century Boston that actively resisted the Fugitive Slave Act by protecting and aiding escaped enslaved people.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century organization ⓘ abolitionist organization ⓘ vigilance committee ⓘ
activeDuring	antebellum period ⓘ
activity	coordinating transportation of fugitives to safer locations ⓘ legal defense of fugitive slaves ⓘ organizing rescues of captured fugitives ⓘ providing shelter to escaped enslaved people ⓘ raising funds to aid fugitives ⓘ
associatedWith	Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society NERFINISHED ⓘ Underground Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedInCity	Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
foundedInPeriod	19th century ⓘ
historicalEra	pre–American Civil War ⓘ
historicalSignificance	example of organized resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act ⓘ important organization in Boston abolitionist network ⓘ
ideology	abolitionism ⓘ antislavery ⓘ
locatedIn	Massachusetts ⓘ
location	Boston NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement	abolitionism ⓘ
notableMember	Lewis Hayden NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel May Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodore Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Wentworth Higginson NERFINISHED ⓘ Wendell Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ William Lloyd Garrison NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposed	Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 NERFINISHED ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ
opposedLaw	Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment	antislavery movement ⓘ
purpose	assist escaped enslaved people ⓘ protect fugitive slaves from capture ⓘ resist enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act ⓘ
regionServed	New England ⓘ
supportedGroup	escaped enslaved people ⓘ fugitive slaves ⓘ
usedMethod	civil disobedience ⓘ clandestine assistance ⓘ direct action ⓘ legal advocacy ⓘ

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Shadrach Minkins case → hasParticipant → Boston Vigilance Committee ⓘ

William Cooper Nell → associatedWith → Boston Vigilance Committee ⓘ