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United States slavery law
Fugitive Slave ClauseArticle IV, Section 2, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution requires a person held to service or labor who flees to another state to be returned to…
Corwin AmendmentThe deepening rift between slave states and free states erupted into a secession crisis in December 1860. The second session of the 36th Congress convened…
Reconstruction AmendmentsThomas Nast's the 12th of January 1867 illustration for Harper's Weekly declared slavery dead with a single stroke of ink.
Missouri CompromiseIn 1819, the United States stood on a precipice that no one had anticipated. The Era of Good Feelings, associated with President James Monroe's…
Crittenden CompromiseSenator John J. Crittenden stood before the Senate chamber on the 18th of December 1860 to introduce a package of six constitutional amendments and four…