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• Slave rebellion — A slave rebellion is an armed uprising by slaves. Slave rebellions have occurred in nearly all societies that practice slavery, and are amongst the most feared events for slaveholders. Famous historic slave rebellions have been led by Denmark… …   Wikipedia

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• Slave catcher — Fugitive slave catchers were people who returned escaped slaves to their owners in the United States in the mid 19th century.Slaves who managed to free themselves from their owners had yet another worry: fugitive slave catchers. The Compromise of …   Wikipedia

• slave — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ escaped, fugitive, runaway ▪ emancipated, freed ▪ former ▪ the son of former slaves …   Collocations dictionary

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• escaped — adj. Escaped is used with these nouns: ↑convict, ↑prisoner, ↑slave …   Collocations dictionary

• Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 — 1793 Fugitive Slave Act (Feb. 12, 1793, ch. 7, 1 Stat. 302) was written in response to a conflict between Pennsylvania and Virginia. Although the problem of fugitive slaves was addressed at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 (in Article IV,… …   Wikipedia

• Fugitive slave — In the history of slavery in the United States, a fugitive slave was a slave who had escaped his or her enslaver often with the intention of traveling to a place where the state of his or her enslavement was either illegal or not enforced. The… …   Wikipedia

• Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 — The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slaveholding interests and Northern Free Soilers. This was one of the most… …   Wikipedia

• Burns Fugitive Slave Case — (1854) was one of three famous fugitive slave cases arising in Boston, Massachusetts, after the enactment of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Part of the Vigilance Committee (1850 61) planned to rescue Anthony Burns, an escaped slave, from an… …   Wikipedia

• 1733 slave insurrection on St. John — The 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in the Danish West Indies, (now the St. John, United States Virgin Islands) started on November 23, 1733 when African slaves from Akwamu revolted against the owners and managers of the island s plantations …   Wikipedia