fugitive slave act

     

The fugitive slave laws were laws passe by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another or into a public territory.

Trivia about fugitive slave act

  • Widely ignored in the North, this 1850 act, abbreviated FSA, outlawed assisting escaped slaves

Tweets about fugitive slave act

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