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One of these people named “Emperor” Shields Green held a secret meeting at Chambersburg, where he met with John Henry Kagi. A year after the passage of legislation centering on these people, Edward Gorsuch was killed in the Christiana Riot. The notoriety of William and Ellen Craft pushed politicians to pass an act centering on these people. The Supreme Court ruled that Wisconsin had no power to nullify a law named for these (15[1])people in (*) Ableman v. Booth. Prigg (-5[1])v. Pennsylvania curbed a 1793 act concerning these people. Places named for Levi Coffin and John Rankin assisted these people, one of whom named Henry Box Brown (10[2])mailed himself from Virginia to Pennsylvania. An act included as part of the Compromise of 1850 is named after, for 10 points, what people assisted by ■END■

ANSWER: fugitive slaves [or escaped slaves; or former slaves; or runaway slaves; or passengers on the Underground Railroad; prompt on slaves]
<Noah Sheidlower, American History>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Benjamin ChapmanToronto WearyMixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, Adrian7215
Ben WismathToronto JoyLa Clique du Château78-5
Michael DuWaterloo HatsuneToronto Rofl10510
Henry AtkinsLibrary of Babel School of Continuing StudiesWaterloo Miku10510
Maude-Sophie LockmanLa Clique du ChâteauToronto Joy13710

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2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%33%107.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y771%14%57%94.40
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%0%100%106.00
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2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y1100%0%100%132.00