Constitution
§ 17. The first Fugitive Slave Act (1793)
§ 18. Discussion of the first act
§ 19. Propositions of 1797 and 1802
§ 20. Propositions from 1817 to 1822
§ 21. Period of the Missouri Compromise (1819-1822)
§ 22. Status of the question from 1823 to 1847
§ 23. Canada and Mexico places of refuge
§ 24. Status of fugitives on the high seas
§ 25. Kidnapping from 1793 to 1850: Prigg case
§ 26. Necessity of more stringent fugitive slave provisions
§ 27. Action of Congress from 1847 to 1850
§ 28. Slavery in the District of Columbia
§ 29. The second Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
§ 30. Provisions of the second Fugitive Slave Act
§ 31. Arguments for the bill
§ 32. Arguments against the bill

CHAPTER III.
PRINCIPAL CASES FROM 1789 TO 1860.
§ 33. Change in character of cases
§ 34. The first case of rescue (1793)
§ 35. President Washington's demand for a fugitive (1796)
§ 36. Kidnapping cases
§ 37. Jones case (1836)
§ 38. Solomon Northup case (about 1830)
§ 39. Washington case (between 1840 and 1850)
§ 40. Oberlin case (1841)
§ 41. Interference and rescues
§ 42. Chickasaw rescue (1836)
§ 43. Philadelphia case (1838)
§ 44. Latimer case (1842)
§ 45. Ottoman case (1846)
§ 46. Interstate relations
§ 47. Boston and Isaac cases (1837, 1839)
§ 48. Ohio and Kentucky case (1848)
§ 49. Prosecutions
§ 50. Van Zandt, Pearl, and Walker cases (1840, 1844)
§ 51. Unpopularity of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
§ 52.