Its not just to buy groceries but you can but other supplies that you may need in your daily life.
A The Passing of the fugitive slave act.
She wanted to convince people in the North the importance of ending slavery. The fugitive slave act made it illegal to help runaway slaves escaping the south to free regions in specific regions in the north where slavery had been outlawed. The book was published just 2 years after the fugitive slave act of 1850 was passed.
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