fugitive slave case

C29519
concept

A fugitive slave case is a legal proceeding in which an enslaved person who has escaped from a slaveholding jurisdiction is pursued, captured, and adjudicated under laws governing the return of escaped slaves.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
fugitive slave case canonical 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: fugitive slave case
Generated description
A fugitive slave case is a legal proceeding in which an enslaved person who has escaped from a slaveholding jurisdiction is pursued, captured, and adjudicated under laws governing the return of escaped slaves.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
Anthony Burns case
Shadrach Minkins case