This Week In Black History Feb. 12-18 - Atlanta Tribune
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FEBRUARY 12 1793—Congress passes the first Fugi­tive Slave Law. The law made it easier for a slave owner to re-take control of a slave who had escaped to freedom. Blacks and their supporters were out­raged because the 1793 law only re­quired the “word” of a White man before a magistrate to declare any Black person …

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FEBRUARY 12 1793—Congress passes the first Fugi­tive Slave Law. The law made it easier for a slave owner to re-take control of a slave who had escaped to freedom. Blacks and their supporters were out­raged because the 1793 law only re­quired the “word” of a White man before a magistrate to declare any Black person […]

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