Not Afraid to Go: Acton’s Part in the Birth and Preservation of Our Nation

Slavery, Secession and Civil War

This section tells of events leading up to the Civil War. It includes the following items.

• Slave shackles from Hackwood Farm near Winchester, Virginia
• Acton Town Meeting of 1851 Resolves not to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act
• Lincoln's call for volunteer militia companies after the fall of Fort Sumter

 

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