On the 14th of December I introduced a bill for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law, and in order to test the sense of the House on the question, I offered a resolution instructing the Judiciary Committee to report such a bill.
Julian recounts his introduction of a bill to repeal the Fugitive Slave Law, highlighting his commitment to abolition.
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The movement of 1840 was necessarily transient and provisional, while underneath its clatter and nonsense was a real issue.
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