In the village of Orland, Indiana, many residents voiced their abhorrence of the institution of slavery. Their active participation in the Underground Railroad and the blatant efforts of those who fostered the abolitionist cause, made the town a focal point of the movement in the 1850s. The arrest of five citizens who were caught moving slaves through Orland in 1853, thrust the community into the national spotlight. They had dared to defy a Federal...