Chapter 2 LEGISLATION FROM 1789 TO 1850.

§ 16. Effect of the fugitive slave clause in the Constitution

§ 17. The first Fugitive Slave Act (1793)

§ 18. Discussion of the first act

§ 19. Propositions of 1797 and 1802

§ 20. Propositions from 1817 to 1822

§ 21. Period of the Missouri Compromise (1819-1822)

§ 22. Status of the question from 1823 to 1847

§ 23. Canada and Mexico places of refuge

§ 24. Status of fugitives on the high seas

§ 25. Kidnapping from 1793 to 1850: Prigg case

§ 26. Necessity of more stringent fugitive slave provisions

§ 27. Action of Congress from 1847 to 1850

§ 28. Slavery in the District of Columbia

§ 29. The second Fugitive Slave Act (1850)

§ 30. Provisions of the second Fugitive Slave Act

§ 31. Arguments for the bill

§ 32. Arguments against the bill