...in cases that may arise under the third section of an act of Congress, passed February 12, 1793, and entitled, 'An act respecting fugitives from justice,...persons escaping from the service of their masters,' to any person who claims any other person as a fugitive slave within the jurisdiction of the commonwealth."...

...now receive for similar services. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of an act entitled, "An act respecting fugitives from justice,...persons escaping from the service of their masters," approved February 12, 1793, and the provisions of the act entitled "An act to amend and supplementary...

...similar services. FUGITIVE SLAVES. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of an act entitled " An act respecting fugitives from justice,...persons escaping from the service of their masters/ 5 approved February twel^t, seventeen hundred and ninety-three, and the provisions of the act entitled...

...provision of an act approved 18th Septemher. 1850, entitled "An Act to amend and supplementary to the Act entitled * An Act respecting Fugitives from Justice,...Persons escaping from the Service of their Masters,' " approved 12lh Fehruary, 1793. The act approved 28lh Septemher, 1850, entitled "An Act to provide...

...penalty of $500 upon the 4th section of the act of Congress of February, 1793 (1 Stat. at L. 302), respecting fugitives from justice and persons escaping from the service of their masters. That section provided that any •person who should, knowingly and willingly, obstruct or hinder the...

...not, as a rule, be retaken without considerable opposition. So, on February 12, 1793, Congress passed "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters," • 4 which remained in force, without alteration or amendment, for more than fifty-seven years. It...

...crimes therein specified,"" approved January thirteenth, one thousand seven hundred r.nd ninety-nine. "An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters," approved twelfth February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three. "An act to prohibit the carrying...

...slave in the State, in any case arising under Section 3 of an act of Congress, passed February '12, 1793, entitled "an act respecting fugitives from justice...persons escaping from the service of their masters." This bill passed the House by a vote of 168 to 5, and became a law. Vermont was severely criticised...

...be instructed, and our Representatives requested, to introduce and vote for a bill to repeal an Act entitled 'an Act respecting fugitives from justice...escaping from the service of their masters;' and, failing in that, for such a modification of it as shall secure the right of habeas corpus and trial...

...slave-holding States their ratification of the Constitution. In 1793 Congress effectuated this clause by "An Act Respecting Fugitives from Justice and Persons Escaping from the Service of Their Masters." In 1850, when the rumblings of the coming Civil War were rising, Congress passed another Fugitive Slave...