Fugitive Slave Act of 1793

( 1793 ) Commentary by H. Robert Baker, Georgia State University

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Roger Sherman of Connecticut, who served on the Senate committee that drafted the Fugitive Slave Act (Library of Congress)

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Fugitive Slave Act of 1793

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