ePub Maryland and the French and Indian War by Allan Powell in History

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But We Have No Country examines how William Parker and the Christiana Resisters tested the basic tenets of American democracy and law; especially the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law. In doing so; they exposed the contradiction between the theory of the American creed and the reality of the enslavement and oppression of black Americans. Ultimately the Christiana Resistance was a contest of wills between Parker and his self-defense organization; with natural law on their side; and Edward Grosuch and other white slave owners; armed; literally with civil law. Their struggle encapsulized the more immense battle of how to incorporate the institution of slavery in a so-called free society which was waging nationwide. It was a clash that Parker and the valiant Resisters won.