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Isaac J. Rice
Isaac J. Rice (1808–February 20, 1880) was a minister and missionary for fugitive slaves from the United States. He operated a mission for arriving black people and a large school for black children at Fort Malden at Amherstburg, Ontario. It was a major landing point for African Americans and the main station of the American Missionary Association. Personal life and education Rice was from Wayne, Ohio, Wayne, Ohio. He studied at Hamilton College in the Class of 1833, as did Hiram Wilson, who also became a missionary in Ontario. Rice was a member of the Junior class of the Auburn Theological Seminary in New York. He was in Vienna, Ohio in 1836. Rice was a pastor of the Presbyterian Church from Ohio. He was married to Sarah Alden Carpenter and had a son, Benjamin Bartlett Rice. Missionary About 1848 or 1849, Rice went to Amherstburg as a missionary. He ran a mission for former slaves and a large school for negro children at Fort Malden in Amherstburg (often the name of the town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fugitive Slaves
In the United States, fugitive slaves or runaway slaves were terms used in the 18th and 19th century to describe people who fled slavery. The term also refers to the federal Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850. Such people are also called freedom seekers to avoid implying that the slave had committed a crime and that the slaveholder was the injured party. Generally, they tried to reach states or territories where slavery was banned, including Canada, or, until 1821, Spanish Florida. Most slave law tried to control slave travel by requiring them to carry official passes if traveling without a master. Passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 increased penalties against runaway slaves and those who aided them. Because of this, some freedom seekers left the United States altogether, traveling to Canada or Mexico. Approximately 100,000 American slaves escaped to freedom. Laws Beginning in 1643, the slave laws were enacted in Colonial America, initially among the New England Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
