And figure out a better system of enforcement for the fugitive slave laws.

He advocated for the repeal of Georgia's slave laws in 1863.

And above all, we must demand of Congress that it pass a fugitive slave law with teeth.

They also began agitating for the repeal of slave laws.

This meant that they were subject to the whims of their owner and local slave laws.

However, he recognized that the events at Christiana, "more than all else, destroyed the fugitive slave law".

The final vote was to make slavery legal, and Kansas adopted most of Missouri's slave laws.

Southern Whigs, many of whom were from the border states, supported the stronger fugitive slave law.

This was made illegal by the federal Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.

Slave states and territories had slave laws that created "just subjection."