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Digital History: The Fugitive Slave Law

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See why the Fugitive Slave Act was such a contentious, divisive law that exacerbated tensions between North and South.

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basic legal rights, personal liberty laws, return of runaway slaves, runaway slaves, anthony burns, digital history, fugitive slave act, the fugitive slave law, opposition to the fugitive slave act
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