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Fugitive Slave Acts - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) The Fugitive Slave Acts were statutes, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1793 and 1850, that provided for the capture and return of escaped slaves to their owners. These laws applied even if an escaped slave was captured in a free state or territory.
The Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850. The federal acts of 1793 and 1850 providing for the return between states of escaped black slaves. Similar laws existing in both North and South in colonial days applied also to white indentured servants and to Native American slaves.he Court held that while states were not compelled to enforce the 1793 federal law, they could not override it with other enactments. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. In 1850 Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act. It was favored strongly by, and signed by US President Millard Filmore a native of Buffalo.