The Fugitive Slave Act brought a defiant response from abolitionists.
The Fugitive Slave Act still stood, but only federal agents could enforce it.
The Slave Act of 1723 made arbitrary murder of slaves illegal, but did not do much to ease their lives.
Booth had been indicted under the federal Fugitive Slave Act.
These laws were a direct response to the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and of 1850.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 created the legal mechanism by which that could be accomplished.
As free states sought to undermine the federal law, the even more severe Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was enacted.
February 12 - The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 is passed.
The Fugitive Slave Act was essential to meet Southern demands.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required individuals to return runaway slaves to their owners.
