By Victor Trammell Photo credits: American Anti-Slavery Almanac The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 was a piece of legislation passed by the United States Congress in order to give effect to the Fugitive Slave Clause of the United States Constitution (Article 4, Section 2, Clause 3). After then, the Thirteenth Amendment took over as the […]
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