Fugitive Slave Law of 1793

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects	gptkb:Prigg_v._Pennsylvania
gptkbp:appliesTo	all states in the United States
gptkbp:category	gptkb:United_States_federal_law Slavery legislation in the United States 1793 in American law
gptkbp:citation	1 Stat. 302
gptkbp:controversy	opposed by abolitionists
gptkbp:dateEnacted	February 12, 1793
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy	local magistrates and federal officials
gptkbp:historicalName	slavery in the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Fugitive Slave Law of 1793
gptkbp:influencedBy	Article IV, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution
gptkbp:penalty	those who aided fugitive slaves
gptkbp:purpose	to provide for the return of enslaved people who escaped from one state into another
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850
gptkbp:repealedBy	gptkb:Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:requires	return of escaped enslaved persons
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:George_Washington
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Antebellum_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6