Then, as now, out-of-state agents snatched people off the street. Then, as now, Illinoisans banded together to try to stop them.

Case in point: the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, a deeply unpopular law that effectively radicalized large swaths of the American electorate. It led to widespread civil disobedience, the destruction of ...

ICE officers during an arrest. Photo: Ron Rogers/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Wikimedia Commons As part of the Compromise of 1850, Congress enacted a sweeping and effective Fugitive ...

OP-ED. Professor emerita Marie-Jeanne Rossignol draws a parallel between anti-ICE activists, who whistle to alert immigrant communities of the arrival of agents, and the abolitionists who once posted ...

NMAH copy purchased with funds from the NMAH Library Endowment. Explains how fugitive slaves escaping from the South to the northern states awakened northerners to the true nature of slavery and how ...

The closing days of June, 150 years ago, also brought an end to conflicting regulations and management of same with respect to the status of slaves, brought about in a manner that clearly indicated ...

A retired educator compares unchecked ICE power to bounty hunters under the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, warns of threats to civil liberties for all.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 mirrors modern immigration policies, deepening divides and sparking protests in sanctuary cities ...

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User-Created Clip September 10, 2021 2019-01-12T18:06:53-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/437/20190112182410003_hd.jpgAndrew Delbanco, author of The War Before ...