Why does the author likely reference the fugitive slave act in the text

From the story, it should be noted that the Fugitive Act was reference to engrave the bad things that people did.

It should be noted that the author referenced the Fugitive slave act in the text in order to show how bad people can be.

This relates to the central idea because it was bad to hide the truth from the slaves and then manipulate them to believe that freedom was bad.

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isn't this axel talking to his uncle?