Personal Liberty Laws
Nullification vs the Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 counts as one of the most reprehensible laws in American history. But rather than wait for Congress to repeal it, or for the Supreme Court to strike it down, Northern States took action to nullify it in practice and effect....
Nullification vs Slavery: The Michigan Personal Freedom Act of 1855
TAC memberships help us produce more educational tools like this. Members can download this video and read the full transcript here. They don’t teach this in government schools. The Michigan Personal Freedom Act of 1855 defied the hated fugitive slave act and...
How Northern States Used Nullification to Fight Slavery
This week, I returned to the Tom Woods show to discuss nullification and its use against slavery. Over the weekend, a number of establishment publications, including CNN and ThinkProgress, wrote historically inaccurate “reports” about the history of...
“I am a Nullifier!”
TAC memberships help us produce more educational tools like this. Members can download this video and read the full transcript here. A lot of people believe that nullification was a tool of slavers. But it was never used to support slavery. In fact, it was used to...