"The Last Woman Forced Back Into Slavery—Her Story Will Shock You" January 1861. Sara Lucy Bagby became the last person in American history forced back into slavery under the Fugitive Slave Act. This is her story—one of courage, survival, and ultimate freedom. Born in Virginia in the early 1840s, Sara Lucy Bagby was only nine years old when she stood on a Richmond auction block in 1852. According to Cuyahoga County Archives, John Goshorn of Wheeling, Virginia purchased her from slave trader Robe

5 Enslaved People Who Fought Back Discover the stories of five enslaved people who fought back against slavery with everything they had—stories your history textbooks never taught. Nat Turner (1831): According to Encyclopedia Virginia, this enslaved preacher led the bloodiest slave rebellion in U.S. history, killing 55 white people in Southampton County, Virginia over two days before being captured and executed. Charles Deslondes (1811): According to the American Battlefield Trust, he led the la