Anti-Slavery Broadside. Chester, an important route on the Underground Railroad, plays a significant anti-slavery role in the years preceding the Civil War. Growing anti-slavery sentiment, combined with the Fugitive Slave Act, results in widespread conflict. Chester is the site of violent confrontations between freedmen, fugitive slaves, and slave catchers in 1853 and 1857.
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