American Pre-Civil War Figure. He was born in Kentucky to a slave mother and a white father. He decided to flee north by Underground Railroad when he learned part of his family was to be sold. They settled in Marshall, Michigan in about 1845. In January of 1847 a "slave catcher" named Troutman and three other men came to Marshall to retrieve the Crosswhite family for the slave owner. The Crosswhites refused to leave with him, and they town's people arrested Troutman and his group. At this point, the Crosswhites fled to Canada until Troutman's trial was completed. The citizens of the town were found guilty of kidnapping a slave family and had to pay the slave owner. Ultimately, this led to the new "Fugitive Slave Act of 1850", which required that the enslaved who had escaped to freedom be captured and returned to the slave owner. This is also listed as one cause of the American Civil War. The Crosswhite family stayed in Canada until the end of the American Civil War. In 1923, a historic marker in his name was established at the site of his home.
American Pre-Civil War Figure. He was born in Kentucky to a slave mother and a white father. He decided to flee north by Underground Railroad when he learned part of his family was to be sold. They settled in Marshall, Michigan in about 1845. In January of 1847 a "slave catcher" named Troutman and three other men came to Marshall to retrieve the Crosswhite family for the slave owner. The Crosswhites refused to leave with him, and they town's people arrested Troutman and his group. At this point, the Crosswhites fled to Canada until Troutman's trial was completed. The citizens of the town were found guilty of kidnapping a slave family and had to pay the slave owner. Ultimately, this led to the new "Fugitive Slave Act of 1850", which required that the enslaved who had escaped to freedom be captured and returned to the slave owner. This is also listed as one cause of the American Civil War. The Crosswhite family stayed in Canada until the end of the American Civil War. In 1923, a historic marker in his name was established at the site of his home.
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