The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 counts as one of the most reprehensible laws in American history. But rather than wait for Congress to repeal it, or for the Supreme Court to strike it down, Northern States took action to nullify it in practice and effect.

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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Personal Liberty Laws: A Nullification History Lesson

Constitutionally Sound: Nullification of the Fugitive Slave Act

Nullifying the Fugitive Slave Act

The Michigan Personal Freedom Act of 1855

When Nullifiers Were Abolitionists: Vermont vs the Fugitive Slave Act

South Carolina Secession: The Truth

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Charles Langston and the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue

Joshua Glover Rescue in Wisconsin

Jerry Rescue

Anthony Burns Story

Nullify Chapter 7: Nullifying the Fugitive Slave Act

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