Fugitive-Slave

I do not now, nor ever did, stand in favor of the unconditional repeal of the Fugitive-Slave Law.

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams

Having said that, I have had nothing to say in regard to the existing Fugitive-Slave Law, further than that I think it should have been framed so as to be free from some of the objections that pertain to it, without lessening its efficiency.

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams

Will you venture to say that Texas could have been annexed, the Fugitive-Slave Law passed, the Missouri Compromise

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 Various

During the thirty-four dark days of the infamous Fugitive-Slave Law, and the excitements occasioned by slave hunts in Boston, Mr. Grimes had a

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams

Fugitive-Slave Law -- of which Mr. Douglas said, in one of his latest speeches, that not one of the Federal statutes had ever been more implicitly obeyed -- did not afford the South most ample protection, so long as it remained in the Union!

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 Various

The battle which I witnessed took place in the Presidency of Polk, five years before the passage of Webster's Fugitive-Slave Bill.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 Charles Herbert Sylvester

The ready reply was, that the Fugitive-Slave Act could not be invoked for the reclamation of fugitives from a foreign State, which Virginia claimed to be, and she must count it among the infelicities of her position, if so far at least she was taken at her word.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 Various

In one case a free negro was delivered to a claimant under this process, more summary than any which the Fugitive-Slave Act provides.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 Various

I tell you I can read the Constitution as well as Mr. Webster, and I say that the 'Fugitive-Slave Law' is unconstitutional -- is an outrage, and an imposition of which you will all soon be ashamed.

As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century Marian Gouverneur

They say that it is the Fugitive-Slave Law itself which is unconstitutional; that the rendition of runaways is

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various