captured slaves that are fleeing north or already in the north and bring them back south
the first fugitive slave law was passed in 1793.
Henry Clay's role in the Fugitive Slave Law was to renew the countries slave attitude.
The fugitive slave law lasted until 1765 to 1776.
The Fugitive Slave Law was passed in 1850. This law was meant to help slave owners capture escaped slaves by making it a crime to help an escaped slave.
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Northern states passed Personal Liberty laws to counteract the Fugitive Slave Law. These were meant to make the law equitable and to protect the rights of Freedmen and escaped slaves without nullifying the Fugitive Slave Law.
The Police Law and Deficiency Law
Louisiana limited the slave workday
California was to be admitted as a free state.
1850