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Fugitive slave law OF 1850 The Fugitive Slave Law took place in Texas on September 18, 1850.The events leading to the Fugitive Slave Law was the Mexican-American War in Texas. Henry Clay, James Murray Mason and George Mason were the main people in the Fugitive Slave Law. They were involved by who side they should lead to about slavery in Texas. Some were debaters between slavery and some were judges who were taking a side on.    When the debating was over slavery was affected by having slaves returning to their masters if they ran to the north. Or if they got caught by a different master. The south had rights to slavery that slavery continued with a law called the Bloodhound. The Bloodhound was made to capture runaway slaves and give them back to their masters. A lot of slaves tired to escape but failed to do it having the Bloodhound law was great for southerners.    A famous quote that was about slavery said:”Thou shall not deliver unto the master his servant which has escaped from his master unto thee. He shall choose in one of thy gates where it likes him best”. The reason they said this was because slaves shouldn’t be treated like this. This quote came from the bible. Now African Americans are free they now live by whites or become first with them.   