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Fugitive Slave Act of 1793  

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  • Among the early structural legal supports for American chattel slavery, Article 4, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution provided that “[n]o Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, But shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.” However, the Constitution did not provide any mechanism to enforce the recovery of escaped slaves or indentured servants. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Fugitive Slave Act of 1793]

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