John Cross

Released
Full name:John Newton Cross
Date of birth:1797
Date of death:1885
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1800s
State:Illinois
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Abolitionism Underground Railroad
John Cross

Biography

John Cross was an abolitionist pastor openly defiant of the Fugitive Slave Law, who publicized his Underground Railroad work in the antislavery newspaper The Western Citizen and built UGRR networks across Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Iowa. In 1843 he was arrested in Knox County, Illinois for transporting freedom seekers; the case was later dismissed. (Recorded as The Reverend John Newton Cross)

Case

Charges: Transporting freedom seekers (Knox County, Illinois, 1843) in defiance of the fugitive-slave laws.
Incarcerated: 1843
Sentence: None — the case was dismissed.
Convicted: No

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