William Parker (Q491248)
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HC-PER-34626
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William Parker
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Slave
Civil Rights Activist
Slave Narrative Author
Enslaved. Free before 13th Amendment. After escaping enslavement and settling in Pennsylvania, Parker joined a self-protection society. Parker had to move to Toronto after the so-called "Christiana Resistance," during which a white man died while trying to recapture fugitives whom Parker was protecting.