Fugitive Slave Acts: References & Edit History

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Added full text of the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850. Nov 13, 2024
Add new Web site: Constitutional Rights Foundation - Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Dec 04, 2023
Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - Fugitive Slave Act. Oct 21, 2022
Add new Web site: Social Welfare History Project - Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Jul 18, 2022
Changed “black” to “Black.” Jul 23, 2020
Add new Web site: United States History for Kids - Fugitive Slave Act. Feb 18, 2020
Media added. Aug 01, 2019
Corrected display issue. Jan 17, 2018
Add new Web site: Digital History - The Fugitive Slave Law. Jul 05, 2016
Add new Web site: Yale Law School - Lillian Goldman Law Library - The Avalon Project - Fugitive Slave Act 1850. Jul 05, 2016
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Jul 20, 2014
Add new Web site: United States History - Fugitive Slave Act. Jul 20, 2014
Add new Web site: US history.org - Fugitive Slave Act of 1793. Feb 17, 2014
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act. Jan 23, 2014
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Fugitive Slave Laws. Nov 10, 2008
Added new Web site: The Avalon Project at Yale Law School - The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Jun 22, 2006
Added new Web site: The Avalon Project at Yale Law School - The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Jun 22, 2006
Article revised. Sep 13, 2002
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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