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First Fugitive Slave Act passed.
Date: 1793
Military
Laws/legislation/policy
Slavery
Black history
The first Fugitive Slave Act authorizes local governments to seize and return escaped enslaved African people to their slaveholders, and imposes penalties on anyone who aids in their flight.
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