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4h 55min, sep 18, 1850 y - Fugitive Slave Act

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This Act dangered every black person living in America.. Whether or not they were free, there was a risk of being taken back to a plantation at any given moment. Abolitionists in the North were infuriated, and as quickly as word had spread, civilians began to take action.

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4h 55min, sep 18, 1850 y
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~ 175 years ago