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How did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 affect the kidnapping of free blacks and selling them

into slavery?

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Answer: The Fugitive Slave Act triggered a lucrative underground kidnapping industry that capitalized on the inferior social status of free as well as enslaved blacks.

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