On April 16th in 1848

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In Washington, D.C., more than 70 enslaved Africans were captured during the nation’s largest-ever slave escape attempt; in the aftermath, pro-slavery mobs target abolitionists in riots that last for days.  (History of Racial Injustice 2018 Calendar)

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