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Abstract

This paper focuses on the connection between fugitive slaves and the abolition of chattel slavery in the United States. It analyzes the various ways in which fugitive slaves not only changed the tides of the American Civil War, but also how their actions and undying determination to become free contributed to the fight for abolition. The main sources of this piece are the firsthand accounts of fugitive slaves themselves, as well as other primary sources which demonstrate the impact these people had on both the war and abolition. It draws the conclusion that there is a direct link between fugitive slaves and abolition, while arguing that had it not been for these fugitive slaves, the abolition of slavery and further emancipation of African Americans would have played out far differently.

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