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African American Odyssey: Abolition, Anti-Slavery Movements, and the Rise of the Sectional Controversy (Part 2)
Friends on my Street: A Celebration of Diversity - On today's date: On September 18, 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed. The Fugitive Slave Acts were a pair of federal laws
![Practical illustration of the fugitive slave law. - Collecting for the BA in the 21st Century-Prints & Photographs (Past Exhibition) - Practical illustration of the fugitive slave law. - Collecting for the BA in the 21st Century-Prints & Photographs (Past Exhibition) -](https://cdm.bostonathenaeum.org/digital/api/singleitem/image/p16057coll41/61/default.jpg)
Practical illustration of the fugitive slave law. - Collecting for the BA in the 21st Century-Prints & Photographs (Past Exhibition) -
![Smithsonian NMAAHC on Twitter: "#OTD in 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed by Congress as part of the 1850 Compromise between free and slave states. #ANationsStory https://t.co/WuUZfNVOMz" / Twitter Smithsonian NMAAHC on Twitter: "#OTD in 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed by Congress as part of the 1850 Compromise between free and slave states. #ANationsStory https://t.co/WuUZfNVOMz" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKBQ-OaX0AE09hX.png)