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@MassRussof @nhannahjones “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…but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due” — PolitiTweet.org

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@nhannahjones Some enslavers thought they got the better end of the compromise, others were skeptical that federal power wouldn’t touch slavery, and at ratification — and the first few years of the republic — it was not clear where the sectional balance would fall. Which gets to my point… — PolitiTweet.org