Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Fugitive Slave Acts — U.S. laws of 1793 and 1850 (repealed in 1864) that provided for the seizure and return of runaway slaves. The 1793 law authorized a judge alone to decide the status of an alleged fugitive slave. Northern opposition led to enactment of state… … Universalium
Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 — The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slaveholding interests and Northern Free Soilers. This was one of the most… … Wikipedia
fugitive slave law — Acts of Congress passed in 1793 and 1850 (prior to abolition of slavery) providing for the surrender and deportation of slaves who escaped from their masters and fled into the territory of another state, generally a free state … Black's law dictionary
fugitive slave law — Acts of Congress passed in 1793 and 1850 (prior to abolition of slavery) providing for the surrender and deportation of slaves who escaped from their masters and fled into the territory of another state, generally a free state … Black's law dictionary
slave narrative — Account of the life, or a major portion of the life, of a fugitive or former slave, either written or orally related by the slave himself or herself. A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings and Surprising Deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man… … Universalium
slave — slaveless, adj. slavelike, adj. /slayv/, n., v., slaved, slaving. n. 1. a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant. 2. a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person: a slave to a drug. 3. a… … Universalium
Slave — /slayv/, n., pl. Slaves, (esp. collectively) Slave. a member of a group of Athabaskan speaking North American Indians living in the upper Mackenzie River valley region of the Northwest Territories and in parts of British Columbia, Alberta, and… … Universalium
slave rebellions — in American history, periodic acts of violent resistance by black slaves during more than two centuries of chattel slavery, signifying continual deep rooted discontent with the condition of bondage and resulting in ever more stringent… … Universalium
Nat Turner's slave rebellion — Other names Southampton Insurrection Participants Over 70 enslaved and free blacks Location Southampton County, Virginia Date August 21 – 22, 1831 Result … Wikipedia
The Slave Power — (sometimes referred to as the Slaveocracy ) was a term used in the Northern United States (primarily in the period 1840 1875) to characterize the political power of the slaveholding class in the South.BackgroundThe problem posed by slavery,… … Wikipedia
