Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
1850 · Event
The law that made the North complicit: citizens compelled to help catch escapees, alleged fugitives denied a jury — and thousands flee onward to Canada.
On these timelines: Slavery & Abolition, Master, American Civil War, USA
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