Fugitive Slave Clause

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The Fugitive Slave Clause is the name given to a provision in Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3, that requires that slaves that escaped to another state be returned back to the owner in the state from which they escaped. It has been superseded by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which forbids slavery.

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“ No person held to service or labour in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due. ”

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  1. ^ In the Constitution, the British spelling ("labour") is used.

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