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Slave captured under the Fugitive Slave Act In Boston- attracted national publicity

E.g. Fugitive slaves couldn't be kept in the county jail after capture

Failed plan to buy Cuba from the Spanish

Pro-slavery government set up in Kansas (fraudulent?)

Started as a secret Nativist group -developed into a political party,

Sued for his freedom in 1857

Settlers could prevent the spread of slavery if they wanted to, by refusing to enact laws that protected slavery