| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1850/10/04 | George Barnes serves as a member of the thirteen-person Vigilance Committee appointed for Syracuse. The Barnes, Wilkinsons and Sedgwicks families of Syracuse form the core group of Underground Railroad supporters. | |
| 1850/10/30 | William Maxwell Evarts defends the constitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Law during a speech at Castle Garden. | Castle Clinton National Monument, New York City |
| 1851/10/00 | George Barnes calls for a mass convention to be held in the Syracuse City Hall (razed) on October 14th "to take into consideration the Principles of the American Government, and the extent to which they are trampled under foot by the Fugitive Slave Law." | |
| 1859/03/07 | The Wisconsin Supreme Court, under Chief Justice Edward Whiton, rules in Ableman v Booth that the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 is unconstitutional and releases Sherman Booth who had been arrested for helping to free Joshua Glover, a fugitive slave. |
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