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Long Before Sanctuary Cities, Here’s How Black Americans Protected Fugitive Slaves

Before the abolition of slavery, free black people openly defied the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 that sanctioned slavery.

By: Barbara Krauthamer ,; TheConversation

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