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Fugitive Slave Act Created a Moral Crisis

The Fugitive Slave Act provoked civil conflict by forcing individuals to choose between obeying a law requiring them to turn in fugitive slaves and following their Christian and ethical conviction to help slaves escape—an unconscionable dilemma that writers like Stowe seized upon.

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Speaker

Hollis Robbins

Evidence Quote

How could the American government require by law that an individual had to turn somebody in when their Christian beliefs and their ethics said, “No, we’re against slavery”

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Hollis RobbinsConversations with Tyler
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:35:34 AM

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