On the recordJanuary 1, 1881
Its chief effect was to produce alarm and terror among the class subject to its operation, and this it did most effectually and distressingly.
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Frederick Douglass
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Editor's note · Context
Douglass explains that the main impact of the Fugitive Slave Act was to create widespread alarm and terror among free and escaped Black people.
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