<I>The Fugitive Slave Bill</I> by American Anthony Burns, Thomas Sims, American, born ca. 1834, United States Congress, American, founded 1789, American Millard Fillmore — VisualArtsDB
Abolitionist movementAntislaverypoliticsSelf-liberationLawFugitive enslavedFree communities of color
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This printing of the Fugitive Slave Bill was sponsored by anti-slavery groups as a protest against the new law that required local and state authorities to assist slave owners in retrieving slaves.