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Fugitive Slave Act
Introductory Note
The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the group of measures known
collectively as the "Compromise of 1850." By this compromise, the
anti-
slavery party gained the admission of California as a free state;
and the
prohibition of slave-trading in the District of Columbia. The slavery
party,
on the other hand, besides concessions with regard to Texas, gained
this act,
which, however, by its stringency did much to rouse abolitionist sentiment
in
the North.
The Document
Section I
Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United
States of America in Congress assembled, That the persons who have ...