sep 18, 1850 - Second Fugitive Slave Act
Description:
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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Date:
sep 18, 1850
Now
~ 174 years ago