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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: Symbolic Gesture or Rational GuaranteeJeffrey Rogers Hummelaffiliation not provided to SSRN Barry R. WeingastStanford University - The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace January 2006 Abstract: Why did Southerners seek a new fugitive slave act as part of the Compromise of 1850? What did the act materially contribute to the protection of the South's "peculiar institution"? Historians generally have been quite coy about describing southern motives for demanding the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Yet the passage of the fugitive slave act as part of the compromise remains a puzzle for several reasons.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 41 working papers seriesDate posted: June 30, 2008Suggested CitationContact Information
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