Personal liberty laws
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personal-liberty-laws-161-6257223
title:
Personal liberty laws
text:
In the context of slavery in the United States, the personal liberty laws were laws passed by several U.S. states in the North to counter the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850. Different laws did this in different ways, including allowing jury trials for escaped slaves and forbidding state authorities from cooperating in their capture and return. States with personal liberty laws included Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, Maine, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Vermont.
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Laws passed to counter the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_liberty_laws
date created:
2005-02-07T21:01:01Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T04:56:30Z
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