Fugitive Slave Act

This act is mentioned in the Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
What?
The Fugitive Slave Act is a law that was established to prevent people from helping the runaway slave.
Significance
- Because of this law the white people started to sell fugitive slaves from North to the South.
- Most slaves were kidnapped and re sold.
- Made very difficult for slaves to run away from their owners.
- As a result of this law Linda became more vulnerable; if a white man were to identify her as a runaway slave they could have sold her to anyone without any mercy.
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