{"date":"December 9","id":"12-09","intro":["By the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 stringent laws were made to prevent assistance being given to any slaves attempting to escape. The antislavery answer to these laws was a perfection of the “Underground Railroad.”"],"minutes":14,"readings":[{"author":"","end":312,"start":306,"volume":43,"work":"The Fugitive Slave Act"}],"slug":"december-9","status":"proofread","title":"Slavery’s Last Stand","url":"/harvard-classics/december-9/","words":2704}