18 sept 1850 año - Second Fugitive Slave Act

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The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.
Under this law fugitives could not testify on their own behalf, nor were they permitted a trial by jury

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