Anti-Slavery Tracts No. 18

The Fugitive Slave Law, and its Victims, 1856

American Anti-Slavery Society,
138 Nassau Street, New York., 1856.

The Fugitive Slave Law was enacted by Congress in September, 1850, received the signature of Howell Cobb, of Georgia, as Speaker of the House of Representatives, of William R. King, of Alabama, as President of the Senate, and was "approved," September 18th, of that year, by Millard Fillmore, Acting President of the United States.

The authorship of the Bill is generally ascribed to James M. Mason, Senator from Virginia. Before proceeding to the principal object of this tract, it is proper to give a synopsis of the Act itself, which was well called, by the New York Evening Post, "An Act for the Encouragement of Kidnapping." It is in ten sections.

• Synopsis of the Law

• Northern Men Voting Against Law

  • Final Passage

• Victims Of The Fugitive Slave Law

  James Hamlet Henry Garnett William and Ellen Craft Adam Gibson Henry Long Stephen Bennett Mrs. Tamor, or Euphemia Williams Shadrach Mitchum Helen or Hannah Richard Gardiner Thomas Sims Thomas Hall Moses Johnson Charles Wedley Frank Jackson Thomas Scott Johnson Elizabeth Williams Daniel Hawkins Daniel —— John Bolding Christiana Jerry Henry Rachel Parker James Tasker Horace Preston William Smith James Phillips John Henry Wilson Louisa

  The Lemmon Slaves Thomas Brown Richard Neal Amanda Jane Trainer Basil White John Freeman George W. McQuerry Patrick Sneed Bill, or William Thomas George Joshua Glover Edward Davis Anthony Burns Stephen Pembroke James Cotes Henry Massey Harvey Jane Moore Rosetta Armstead George Clark George Mitchell Dick Daughter of Samuel Godshall Jane Johnson Passmore Williamson Celeste Jack Jacob Green Fanny Ralls and Logan

• Margaret Garner and Seven Others

• Present Records

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The Fugitive Slave Law, and its Victims, 1856

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