The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793: Crash Course Black American History #10
One of the ways that the US Constitution baked the institution of slavery into the very core of the new United States was through the fugitive slave clause. The clause required that people who escaped slavery be returned to their enslavers. In parts of the US that didn't want slavery, the clause sometimes went unenforced. Today we'll learn about how Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 to enforce that clause, how enslavers throughout the country used that rule, and the long-term effects of this law.
SOURCES:
Somerset v. Stewart, 98 E.R. 499 (K.B. 1772)
Karen Arnold-Burger, Fugitive Justice: Slavery and the Law in Pre-Civil War America, 46 Ct. Rev. 116 (2009).
Louise Weinberg, Methodological Interventions and the Slavery Cases; or, Night-Thoughts of a Legal Realist Symposium: The Silver Anniversary of the Second Conflicts Restatement, 56 Md. L. Rev. 1316-1370 (1997).
H. Robert Baker, The Fugitive Slave Clause and the Antebellum Constitution, 30 Law & Hist. Rev. 1133-1174 (2012).
Allen Johnson, Constitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Acts, 31 Yale L.J. 161 (1921).
John Hope Franklin, From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans (New York: Knopf, 1967).
Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge (New York: Atria Books, 2017)
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SOURCES
-Somerset v. Stewart, 98 E.R. 499 (K.B. 1772)
-Karen Arnold-Burger, Fugitive Justice: Slavery and the Law in Pre-Civil War America, 46 Ct. Rev. 116 (2009).
-Louise Weinberg, Methodological Interventions and the Slavery Cases; or, Night-Thoughts of a Legal Realist Symposium: The Silver Anniversary of the Second Conflicts Restatement, 56 Md. L. Rev. 1316-1370 (1997).
-H. Robert Baker, The Fugitive Slave Clause and the Antebellum Constitution, 30 Law & Hist. Rev. 1133-1174 (2012).
-Allen Johnson, Constitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Acts, 31 Yale L.J. 161 (1921).
-John Hope Franklin, From Slavery to Freedom: A History of Negro Americans (New York: Knopf, 1967).
-Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge (New York: Atria Books, 2017)
-www.law.cornell.edu/wex/habea...
-www.mountvernon.org/library/d...
-www.nps.gov/articles/independ...
-www.ushistory.org/presidentsh...
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Judge’s story is one I had not heard before. Thank you.
Knowing my history, has changed my life. Thank you for this series.
Horrifying I can’t even wrap my head around such evil
Thank you so much for this series ❤
I love this new crash course series. Can we have Native American crash course history? And a First Nation people crash course
I really like the neutral point of view this Brother gives. He simply educates us, while still giving us things to think about, which I, as a teacher, value and appreciate very much. I've been wanting to talk about black history on my channel and he's giving me ideas how I can do it as well.
This is powerful and accurate history. Also, painful but necessary.
Oh no, the next episode is going to be tough to get through 😓
Thank you sir for this very crucial information
I didn't know there was such a law in the original Constitution. Thank you so much for this excellent series!
Just bought your book today. Awesome work, love this series.
Crash course is a great way to teach black history that is both truthful and insightful. To understand today we look to the past.
Does every episode get tougher then the other...if we want to know truth, we must go through the terrible stuff
Thx to Clint and crash course
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I’ve learned so much in this excellent video. Thank you!
Next one is gonna be brutal….
"We shouldn't avert our eyes either". America in 2022: What's that over there!? 👀
I love this series!!
Thank you
OMG i am Mexican and i don’t know a lot about American history, just the basic as we are the closest neighbors. I didn’t know or understand the racism and slavory history of US and oh man this serie has opened my eyes and made me understand so many things… I didn’t know about these laws that basically protected enslavors!
Wow! This was a power episode. Great job guys.
Thanks for the episode.
Wow, how cool, thank you so much for this content!
Thanks!
I love to bring the Fugitive Slave Act up any time some Confederate apologist tries to tell me the American Civil War was about "states' rights."
Amazing
So next week's going to be a nice non-intense episode to calm things down right?
If you need a visual view of this law, watch the Harriet Tubman movie
OMG your teaching stuff that was not taught in school smh I did not know this about George Washington 🤦🏾♂️
I also understand fully what police officers are
Ooof!
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Mfs is still slaves..slavery is 70% mental and 30% physical now
It is 2023. Please stop!