The Fugitive Slave Law

Blackett, R. J. M.

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“…While the Jackson meeting covered similar ground, it was equally critical of leading politicians in the state, especially the governor and the legislature that had endorsed the resolutions of the June Nashville meeting. 65 The editor of the Baltimore Sun spoke for many of those who occupied the middle ground between the secessionists and those in the North unalterably opposed to the law , between what another editor described as "Abolitionist Fury" and "Southern Brimstone." The Sun had no doubt that the new law was necessary given that individual Northern states had failed to meet their constitutional obligation and had made the situation worse by passing laws that impeded the restoration of fugitive slaves .…”

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The Captive's Quest for Freedom

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2018

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This magisterial study, ten years in the making by one of the field's most distinguished historians, will be the first to explore the impact fugitive slaves had on the politics of the critical decade leading up to the Civil War. Through the close reading of diverse sources ranging from government documents to personal accounts, Richard J. M. Blackett traces the decisions of slaves to escape, the actions of those who assisted them, the many ways black communities responded to the capture of fugitive slaves, and how local laws either buttressed or undermined enforcement of the federal law. Every effort to enforce the law in northern communities produced levels of subversion that generated national debate so much so that, on the eve of secession, many in the South, looking back on the decade, could argue that the law had been effectively subverted by those individuals and states who assisted fleeing slaves.

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The Captive's Quest for Freedom

Blackett

2018

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The Fugitive Slave Law

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