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A second Fugitive Slave Act is passed.

1850

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Widespread resistance to the 1793 law leads to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which adds more provisions regarding runaway enslaved African people and levies even harsher punishments for interfering in their capture. The Underground Railroad strengthens in response.