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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Definition
- With a vibrant abolitionist movement, an active Underground Railroad, increasing northern opposition to slavery, and powerful escaped slave orators and authors decrying bondage, southern states faced formidable obstacles to sustaining their system of bondage. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 had given teeth to the constitutional right of slaveholders to recover property, but the Supreme Court decision in Prigg v. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Fugitive Slave Act of 1850]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850
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