Question
The "fugitive slave clause" of the U.S. Constitution states that:
slaves who escape to free states are essentially free.
the United States could not ban the importation of slaves until after 1808.
white residents of states without slavery could be enslaved by Southerners if
they helped slaves escape to freedom.
slaves who escaped to free states are not free and that slave owners can retrieve
them.
Answer
The "fugitive slave clause" of the U.S. Constitution states that slaves who escape to free states are not free and that slave owners can retrieve them, and that the United States could not ban the importation of slaves until after 1808, and that white residents of states without slavery could be enslaved by Southerners if they helped slaves escape to freedom.