This was a US Supreme Court case that decided the constitutionality of slavery. Van Zandt, who had previously been a slaveholder, became an abolitionist, assisted in the Underground Railroad, was sued by a slaveholder.
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See AllSlave owners continued to push for increased property rights protections in the case of fugitive slaves. Two unsuccessful attempts were made one in 1801 another in 1817 during a climate of backlash to
This law was a thinly veiled attempt to control the civil liberties of blacks entering and residing in Michigan. Infrequently or marginally enforced, it required its targets to register with their cou
Before becoming a state, Michigan a Territory under governance of the Northwest Ordinance, had outlawed slavery but assured no civil rights for blacks. Upon becoming a state, Michigan inherited Ohio’s
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