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Fugitive slave laws

laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850
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Fugitive slave laws

Summary

Fugitive slave laws ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Fugitive slave laws's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[2].
  • Fugitive slave laws's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[3].
  • Fugitive slave laws's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[4].
  • Fugitive slave laws's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[5].
  • Fugitive slave laws's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[6].

Why It Matters

Fugitive slave laws ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Daask · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Q820655
    Main subject → Q140036605
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q820655]]"
  2. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject African diaspora
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The American Cyclopædia, New International Encyclopedia +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007547927505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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