Broadside Announcing the "Fugitive Slave Bill" of 1850.

September 18, 1850
Miscellaneous Broadside Collection #MB0001
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Broadside Announcing the "Fugitive Slave Bill" of 1850 (#MB0001), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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Broadside announcing the "Fugitive Slave Bill" of 1850. Passed by the Senate and House of Representatives and signed into law by President Millard Fillmore, the "Fugitive Slave Act" gave enslavers greater power in capturing freedom seekers, even those who had fled to free states.

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June 3, 2003 (unprocessed), 1 item; Broadside Announcing the "Fugitive Slave Bill" of 1850. Donor: Joyner Library.

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