US politicsfromwww.mercurynews.com3 weeks agoMihm: ICE enforcement is echoing the Fugitive Slave ActFederal overreach can backfire politically, provoking civil disobedience and accelerating the collapse of unpopular institutions and policies.
US politicsfromThe New Yorker4 weeks agoWhat ICE Should Have Learned from the Fugitive Slave ActThe Compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state, banned the slave trade in D.C., and enacted the Fugitive Slave Act with federal enforcement.
HistoryfromWorld History Encyclopedia175 years agoCompromise of 1850The Compromise of 1850 attempted to address slavery tensions but ultimately only postponed conflict.