How did the legal concept of "personal liberty laws" in some Northern states attempt to counter the effects of federal fugitive slave laws?

This three-week institute will bring together 25 middle and high school teachers to study the beginnings of the abolitionist movement and the Underground ... This article is from the Encyclopedia of North Carolina edited by William S. Powell. Copyright © 2006 by the University of North Carolina Press. This Act may be cited as the ''National Underground Railroad. Network to Freedom Act of 1998''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds ... Pressly's research explores how and why the Southeast, especially the Georgia coast, provided a vital connecting link between the Black self-emancipation that ... The work, which overlooks the Detroit River, includes a ten-by-twelve-foot sculptural group: eight escaping slaves and an Underground Railroad Conductor. The Underground Railroad became a catalyst for propaganda as both the abolitionists and slave owners used tales of escape to gain popular support for their ... Unsung Stories of the Underground Railroad. Kentuckiana played a central role in the Underground Railroad and served as a major corridor for enslaved men, women ... Enjoy free admission on the fifth and third Sunday each month, plus MLK Day and Juneteenth. LEARN MORE. Membership. Become a member or renew online today. LEARN ... A series of hiding places throughout the country where fugitives could hide during the day and travel under the cover of night. There are still several historical sites in Detroit where you can literally stand in the spaces where escaped slaves persevered to reach freedom.