Historedia
Person

Webster (surname only)

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1851

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Webster (surname only), with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Boston Vigilance Committee rescues Shadrach Minkins

    1851

    Role: Prosecutor, identified in sources only by the surname Webster; no first name is given in the supplied passages

    1. 1851 · Prosecution of the Shadrach Minkins rescuersLegal Proceedings

      Prosecutor Webster charged the men accused of rescuing Shadrach Minkins, but the juries convicted none of them.

    2. 15 February 1851 · Federal CourthouseCourtroom Rescue

      Activists led by Lewis Hayden stormed the Boston courthouse on February 15, 1851, to forcibly release Shadrach Minkins from federal custody.

Sources

  1. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04