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This thesis evaluates changes in the fugitive slave provision of the Constitution. Additionally, the study looks at proposed changes to the federal fugitive slave policy, and how individual states approached the topic of fugitive slaves. The research covers the absence of the fu…

This thesis will address slavery in Nebraska Territory through the lens of the 1858 escape of two young women—Celia and Eliza Grayson—enslaved by Virginia native Stephen Friel Nuckolls, Nebraska City’s founder. Historians have described Nebraska Territory as a place where popula…