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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:affectedArea
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:controversy
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increased tensions between North and South
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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1850
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:enforcedBy
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required citizens to assist in the capture of fugitive slaves
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Fugitive Slave Act
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gptkbp:legalStatus
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repealed
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:Bloodhound_Law
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:abolitionist
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Compromise_of_1850
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gptkbp:penalty
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fines and imprisonment for aiding escaped slaves
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1793
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gptkbp:purpose
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to provide for the return of enslaved people who escaped from one state into another
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gptkbp:relatedEvent
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gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Underground_Railroad
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Frederick_Douglass
gptkb:Harriet_Tubman
gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
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gptkbp:repealedBy
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gptkb:Act_of_June_28,_1864
1864
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
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gptkbp:supportedBy
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Southern slaveholders
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Antebellum_South
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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