The Oberlin Rescue: Defiance Against Slavery

In 1858, US Marshals came to a quiet Ohio town with one mission, to seize a man who

had fled toward freedom. They thought it would be simple. The town made sure

it wouldn't be. The man's name was John Price. The marshals took him to a hotel in

the nearby town of Wellington, planning to move him south before anyone noticed.

But word spread faster than they expected. Back in Oberlin, people poured into

the streets, angry, determined, unstoppable. Hundreds marched

to Wellington and surrounded the building where Price was held. The marshals tried

to stand their ground, but the crowd kept swelling. Someone shouted, "Bring him out."