| 词条 | Fugitive Slave Law Convention |
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The Fugitive Slave Law Convention was held in Cazenovia, New York, August 21-22, 1850.[1][2] Organized to oppose passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 by the United States Congress, participants included Frederick Douglass, the Edmonson sisters, Gerrit Smith, Samuel Joseph May, and Theodore Dwight Weld, among others.[2] The convention opened at the First Congregational Church of Cazenovia (now Cazenovia College's theater building), then moved to "the orchard of Grace Wilson's School, located on Sullivan Street,"[2] to accommodate the estimated 2000 to 3000 participants.[2][1] It was chaired by Douglass.[1] References1. ^1 2 {{cite news|last1=Baker|first1=Robert A.|title=Cazenovia convention: A meeting of minds to abolish slavery|url=http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2005/02/cazenovia_convention.html|accessdate=5 February 2017|publisher=The Post-Standard|date=4 February 2005}} {{NewYork-stub}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|last1=Weiskotten|first1=Daniel H.|title=The 'Great Cazenovia Fugitive Slave Law Convention' at Cazenovia, NY, August 21 and 22, 1850|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyccazen/Shorts/1850Convention.html|website=RootsWeb|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=5 February 2017|date=25 May 2003}} 5 : 1850 in American law|1850 in New York (state)|Cazenovia, New York|Abolitionism in the United States|Frederick Douglass |
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