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Fugitive Slaves (1619-1865)

by Marion Gleason McDougall

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  1. 1Editor’s Preface
  2. 2Author’s Preface
  3. 3Chapter I — Legislation and Cases Before the Constitution
  4. 4Chapter II — Legislation From 1789 to 1850
  5. 5The First Fugitive Slave Act
  6. 6Propositions of 1797 and 1802
  7. 7Propositions From 1817 to 1822
  8. 8Period of the Missouri Compromise
  9. 9Canada and Mexico Places of Refuge
  10. 10Kidnapping From 1793-1850. Prigg Case
  11. 11The Second Fugitive Slave Act
  12. 12Arguments for the Bill
  13. 13Arguments Against the Bill
  14. 14Chapter III — Principal Cases From 1789 to 1860
  15. 15Chapter IV — Fugitives and Their Friends
  16. 16Chapter V — Personal Liberty Laws
  17. 17Chapter VI — The End of the Fugitive Slave Question (1860-1865)
  18. 18Appendix A. Colonial Laws Relative to Fugitives
  19. 19Appendix B. National Acts and Propositions Relative to Fugitive Sla…
  20. 20Treaties and First Act
  21. 21Bills and Propositions
  22. 22Prigg Decision. Resolutions
  23. 23Resolutions. Bill of 1850
  24. 24Second Fugitive Slave Act
  25. 25Act of 1850. Resolutions
  26. 26Appendix C | National Acts and Propositions Relating to Fugitive Sl…
  27. 27Appendix D | List of Important Fugitive Slave Cases
  28. 28Appendix E. Bibliography of Fugitive Slave Cases and Fugitive Slave…

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