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Presents the text of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Rights of the Superior Courts in each State of the Union; Right of appointees to capture fugitives from labor; Responsibility of Marshals for the return of fugitive slaves; Punishment of those aiding any fugitive slave; Other statutes.