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DantesinfernoxD9964
DantesinfernoxD9964
13.12.2021 • 
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The following is an excerpt from the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, passed as part of the Compromise of 1850. Section 7
And be it further enacted, That any person who shall knowingly and willingly obstruct, hinder, or yprevent such
claimant (candidate], his agent or attorney, or any person or persons lawfully assisting him, her, or them, from
arresting such a fugitive from service or labor, either with or without process as aforesaid, or shall rescue, or attempt to
rescue, such fugitive from service or labor, from the custody of such claimant, his or her agent or attorney, or other
person or persons lawfully assisting as aforesaid, when so arrested, pursuant to [in accordance with] the authority
herein given and declared; or shall aid, abet (support), or assist such person so owing service or labor as aforesaid,
directly or indirectly, to escape from such claimant, his agent or attomey, or other person or persons legally authorized
as aforesaid; or shall harbor (provide safety] or conceal [hide] such fugitive, so as to prevent the discovery and arrest
of such person, after notice or knowledge of the fact that such person was a fugitive from service or labor as aforesaid,
shall, for either of said offences, be subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisonment not
exceeding six months.
Section 8
And be it further enacted, ... and in all cases where the proceedings are before a commissioner [judge], he shall
be entitled to a fee of ten dollars in full for his services in each case, upon the delivery of the said certificate to the
claimant, his agent or attomey; or a fee of five dollars in cases where the proof shall not in the opinion of such
commissioner, warrant such certificate and delivery, ...

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