Birthdays
David Rumph Jones
Turns 34 on this date
Edward Lyons
Turns 19 on this date
Samuel Freeman Miller
Turns 43 on this date
George Troxell Motter
Turns 17 on this date
Robert Smalls
Turns 20 on this date
Booker Taliaferro Washington
Turns 3 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Massachusetts legislates milk inspections | 04/05/1859 |
| Legal/Political | The first trial of the Oberlin-Wellington slave rescuers opens in federal court in Cleveland, Ohio | 04/05/1859 |
| Legal/Political | The fugitive slave case of Daniel Dangerfield from Harrisburg causes popular excitement in Philadelphia |
04/04/1859 to 04/05/1859 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The murder trial of Congressman Daniel Sickles of New York continues in Washington D.C. |
04/05/1859 to 04/09/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, “Fugitive Slave Case in Pennsylvania,” April 5, 1859 | 04/05/1859 |