Sept 18, 1850 – Pres. Millard Fillmore signed the 2nd Federal Fugitive Slave Act into law. An attempt to implement the Fugitive Slave Clause of the Constitution, the act, at best, had serious constitutional issues. In response, as had been done under the previous act, states passed Personal Liberty Laws which nullified the federal act in practice and effect.
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Today in History: Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 Signed into Law
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Fugitive Slave Clause – Constitution, Article IV, Sec. 2, Cl 3
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Oliver Ellsworth – Connecticut Ratifying Convention (7 Jan 1788)
James Madison – Federalist 46 (29 Jan 1788)
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Massachusetts Personal Liberty Act (1855)
William Lloyd Garrison – Editorial in the Liberator (1 Nov 1850)
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