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Prigg v. Pennsylvania

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In Joseph Story
In Prigg v. Pennsylvania, 16 Peters 539 (1842), Story, who opposed slavery, upheld the federal Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 in order to strike down state statutes concerning the recapture of escaped slaves. In Swift v. Tyson, 16 Peters 1 (1842; overruled 1938), he, in effect,…
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