Fugitive Slave Bill

fugitive_slave_bill_1850.jpg

Dublin Core

Title

Fugitive Slave Bill

Subject

Subject (Topic)
Slavery

Description

Text of Fugitive Slave Bill (Fugitive Slave Act), "as penned by the Senate and House of Representatives, Sept. 12, 1850, and approved Sept. 18, 1850 by President Fillmore." At end: "The Black List," list of representatives from free states who voted in favor of the bill. New Hampshire representatives Hibbard and Peaslee in bold.

Source

Duke Digital Repository

Date

September 18, 1850

Rights

Digital Collections, Broadside and Ephemera Collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and and Manuscript Library, Duke University Libraries, 411 Chapel Drive, Durham, North Carolina, 27708, United States

Format

JPEG

Language

English

Type

Documents and Published Materials
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Medium

Broadside

Bibliographic Citation

Fugitive Slave Bill, September 18, 1850. Duke Digital Repository, accessed July 26, 2018, https://repository.duke.edu/dc/broadsides/bdsnh11256.

Rights Holder

Renée Ater

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Broadside

Physical Dimensions

Unknown

Tags

Citation

“Fugitive Slave Bill,” Harriet Tubman Monuments, accessed March 28, 2024, https://harriettubmanmonuments.slaverymonuments.org/items/show/55.