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16 August, 22:13

This new law was meant to completely stop slaves from running away to the North because they would no longer be safe in the north. Will the law successfully stop anymore slaves from escaping?

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  1. 17 August, 00:30
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    The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 made it legal for slaveholders to pursue escaped slaves into any state or territory in the union. This meant that runaway slaves now had to reach Canada to avoid the threat of recapture.
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