Effects of the Fugitive-Slave-Law. An impassioned condemnation of the Fugitive Slave Act passed by Congress in September 1850, which increased federal and free-state responsibility for the recovery of fugitive slaves. The law allowed the appointment of federal commissioners empowered to issue warrants for the arrest of alleged fugitive slaves.

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Effects of the Fugitive-Slave-Law. An impassioned condemnation of the Fugitive Slave Act passed by Congress in September 1850, which increased federal and free-state responsibility for the recovery of fugitive slaves. The law allowed the appointment of federal commissioners empowered to issue warrants for the arrest of alleged fugitive slaves.

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