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1. Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act

   Background behind the creation of the fugitive slave laws from the Africans in America site.

   http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2951.html

   
   

2. Fugitive Slave Act

   Brief description of the law, its origins, and the penalties it included from the History of the Underground Railroad site.

   http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/ugrr/hor2.html

   
   

3. Fugitive Slave Acts

   Learn about the first and second fugitive slave acts, and who opposed them.

   http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory/article.do?nKeyValue=35574

   
   

4. Fugitive Slave Bill of 1850

   Learn about this law and see posters from slave owners and abolitionists following the passage of the law.

   http://education.ucdavis.edu/NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/SlaveLaw.htm

   
   

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