A later law with this name was one component of the Compromise of 1850, but the first law with this name was created in 1793 in response to the kidnapping of John Davis.
An attempt to take advantage of it led to the death of Edward Gorsuch and the Christiana riots that erupted in the aftermath. State legislation attempting to counteract it was held to be unconstitutional in Prigg v. Pennsylvania. One provision of a piece of legislation with this name stipulated a payment of ten dollars when a certificate was granted but only five dollars when it was refused and Abraham Lincoln supported a version of this legislation in his 1854 Peoria speech. A later law with this name was one component of the Compromise of 1850, but the first law with this name was created in 1793 in response to the kidnapping of John Davis. FTP, identify the common name of these two laws which stipulated penalties for aiding escaped slaves.
An attempt to take advantage of it led to the death of Edward Gorsuch and the Christiana riots that erupted in the aftermath.
Fugitive Slave Acts or (or Fugitive Slave Laws)