The Fugitive Slave Laws (Landmarks of the American Mosaic)

Examining legislation that seems almost incomprehensible to 21st-century minds, this book provides readers with a wealth of information about and insights into fugitive slave laws in effect in the United States between 1790 and 1864.• Primary-source materials, including the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850, excerpts from congressional debates, sermons, and pro- and antislavery literature of the time, photographs, and citations from the 1842 Prigg v. Pennsylvania ruling• Biographies of key figures• A glossary• An annotated bibliography of key and current works