Fugitive Slave Law
a law man" (1893) was received with extraorwhich was enacted by the Congress of dinary favor. The French Government conferred on him the Legion of Honor in the United States in 1850. By its pro- 1907. visions a slave escaping from his master into another State was to be seized and restored to his owner, and any person aiding in his flight was to be deemed guilty of having committed a penal offense. The most noted case arising during this exciting period of national history was that of Dred Scott.