Primary source
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
United States federal law requiring that people who escaped slavery be returned to those who claimed them.
- Publisher
- Avalon Project, Yale Law School
- Tradition
- United States law
- Accessed
- 2026-10-06
Citation
Fugitive Slave Act, September 18, 1850, Avalon Project, Yale Law School, accessed October 6, 2026.