David Ruggles, a Black abolitionist living in New Your City, founded the New York Committee of Vigilance, an interracial collective working to protect free Black New Yorkers and fugitive former slaves from kidnappers and police.
David Ruggles, a Black abolitionist living in New Your City, founded the New York Committee of Vigilance, an interracial collective working to protect free Black New Yorkers and fugitive former slaves from kidnappers and police.