https://www.masonslegacies.org/files/original/3498b9e7dcfc32c25f1bb8e0f24a4a88.JPG f00b131ff9f8bb4ec3398c5b55f5020f https://www.masonslegacies.org/files/original/097073bdac15a4e7a5474e8aebb840b7.JPG d07384feaf7bf70e009141b10335d9ea Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Senator James M. Mason:<br /><br /></strong></span><em>Comments on the floor of the Senate regarding a bill respecting the "Surrender of Fugitive Slaves."<br /><br /></em>January 28th, 1850. Subject The topic of the resource James Murray Mason, United States Senate, Fugitive Slaves. Description An account of the resource Considering the interests of his constituents, in particular the financial losses they suffered due to escaped slaves being closer to free soil than a vast majority of the other slave states, Mason sought to pass the Fugitive Slave Law in order to coerce the Northern States to more fully fulfill their Constitutional obligations (as he understood them) according to the <strong><a href="https://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm#a4_sec2">3rd clause, 2nd section, Article IV of the United States Constitution</a>. </strong><br /><br />This bill would become known as the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><a href="https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/fugitive.asp">Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, </a></strong></span>and would be passed along with other pieces of legislation as part of the Compromise of 1850. Unsurprisingly, Mason maintained constant and unambiguous support for this legislation, despite the outrage and anger at the law from the free states of the North. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived John C. Rives (1795-1864) James Murray Mason (1798-1871) The Congressional Globe Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of North Texas Digital Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 28, January, 1850 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Santiago Jauregui Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Item not held in Copyright, Public Domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digitized Book Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Transcribed Speech Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30774/m1/321/">The Congressional Globe, Volume 21, Part 1: Thirty-First Congress, First Session Page: 233</a>