 Pakati peavo vane rusununguko Goodridge akabatsira kuchengetedza, vaive varimi uye mumwe muranda akapukunyuka akabatanidzwa muChristiana Resistance ya1851, apo vatema nevachena vanobvisa varanda vakauraya muridzi wevaranda weSouthern uyo aitevera pfuma yake muChristiana, Pennsylvania maererano nekodzero dzakapihwa kwaari neFugitive Slave Act ya1850. Goodridge akatungamirirawo Osborne Perry Anderson, mutungamiri wekutanga waJohn Brown, mukutizira kwake kuCanada mushure mekukundikana kwe1859 kuHarpers Ferry. Zvose zviri zviviri Kuramba kwaChristiana uye kurwiswa kweHarpers Ferry zvaiva zviitiko zvinokosha zvinotungamirira kuHondo yeVanhu. 