On this day in 1851, a mob broke into a jail looking for a Black man — then freed him. Here's how Oct. 1 came to be celebrated as “Jerry Rescue Day” in abolitionist Syracuse.
There isn’t much they could have done, legally speaking, and most likely everyone knew it. Before the hearing could even get going, members of the vigilance committee made a first attempt to free Jerry, taking advantage of the chaotic and crowded room to push him outside. He ran down the street, still handcuffed.Authorities caught up to him, roughed him up and tried to take him back to the hearing.
They smashed windows, rammed the doors and pulled bricks right out of the building’s walls. The marshals inside got off a shot or two, hitting no one, before basically giving up. No one was killed, though one marshal suffered a broken arm when he jumped out of a second-story window. Another, hiding inside the cell with the prisoner, opened the door and pushed Jerry out.
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