Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in America: Expansion and Consolidation (1840–1895).
An 1850 law that forced citizens, even in free states, to assist in the capture and return of runaway enslaved people.
Fugitive Slave Act appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Period Studies, especially America: Expansion and Consolidation (1840–1895) and Background to the Civil War.
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