Frederick Douglass: “As a means of recapturing their runaway property in human flesh the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1881

As a means of recapturing their runaway property in human flesh the law was an utter failure.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass declares the Fugitive Slave Act an utter failure in its primary objective of recapturing enslaved people.

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Frederick Douglass: “As a means of recapturing their runaway property in human flesh the law was an utter failure.”