Seeds of Fire: A People’s Chronology
Recalling events that happened on this day in history.
Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence.
Compiled by Ulli Diemer
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January 27, 1847
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Several hundred citizens of Marshall, Michigan help a group of former slaves escape to Canada rather than let them be returned to their "owner" by bounty hunters. Adam Crosswhite and his family, escaped Kentucky slaves, were tracked to the abolitionist town of Marshall by bounty hunters. Both black and white residents detain the bounty hunters and threaten them with tar and feathers, while helping the ex-slaves escape.
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January 27, 1945
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The Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Monowitz are liberated by the Soviet Red Army.
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January 27, 1969
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In Detroit, black auto workers, known as the Eldon Avenue Axle Plant Revolutionary Union Movement, lead a wildcat strike against racist practices and bad working conditions at the Chrysler plant.
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