The New Fugitive Slave Law
The New Fugitive Slave Law
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He gives a very amusing account of the first attempt to arrest a s'ave which was made under the law of 1793. He states tbnt the pro- cess was issued by a Justice ot the Feace, that he was retained as counsel lor the alleg'd slave — that he prepared bis brief, and went down loaded wi'h all the necessary authorities. He found a great crowd of people assemtiled, aud that while he was in the midst of his argument, ho heard a noise, and on turning round he saw the constables lying spra ling on the f...loor, and a passage opened through the croud, through which the fugitive was taking his departure without stopping to hear the opinion of the Court, and that was the last of that case, and that was the last of the law of 1793 in Massachusetts.
That, then, was the reason why the law of 1793 produced no excitement, even bef re the Supreme Court decided it to be uncou. -tilnlional; because it was not and could not be enforced to eny considerable extent — because its duties were imposed upon State ofiicers, some of whom would not execute them at all, and those who did gave to the allefugitive such ample op- portunitv of defence, that there was nothing in their proceedings to excite alarm.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He gives a very amusing account of the first attempt to arrest a s'ave which was made under the law of 1793. He states tbnt the pro- cess was issued by a Justice ot the Feace, that he was retained as counsel lor the alleg'd slave — that he prepared bis brief, and went down loaded wi'h all the necessary authorities. He found a great crowd of people assemtiled, aud that while he was in the midst of his argument, ho heard a noise, and on turning round he saw the constables lying spra ling on the f...loor, and a passage opened through the croud, through which the fugitive was taking his departure without stopping to hear the opinion of the Court, and that was the last of that case, and that was the last of the law of 1793 in Massachusetts.
That, then, was the reason why the law of 1793 produced no excitement, even bef re the Supreme Court decided it to be uncou. -tilnlional; because it was not and could not be enforced to eny considerable extent — because its duties were imposed upon State ofiicers, some of whom would not execute them at all, and those who did gave to the allefugitive such ample op- portunitv of defence, that there was nothing in their proceedings to excite alarm.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Edwin C Edwin Channing Larned to read onlineMoreLess
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