The Road to Civil War

Senate Special Committee of Thirteen on the Condition of the Country

A committee formed through a resolution submitted by Mr. Powell on December 6, 1860 and adopted on December 18, 1860. The role of the committee was to examine the conflict between slaveholding and non-slaveholding States and provide solutions and concessions to avoid secession.

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Session 14174: 1860-12-22 10:00:00

Mr. Davis enters the Committee. Mr. Toombs, Mr. Crittenden, and Mr. Davis submit propositions.

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Resolution on Jury Trials for Accused Fugitive Slaves

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Resolved, That said laws should secure to the alleged fugitive slave, when he shall claim that he is not a fugitive slave, a jury trial before he shall be delivered to the claimant in the State from which he fled.

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