"The Fugitive Slave Law: The Religious Obligation of Obedience to the Law: A Sermon by Ichabod S. Spencer at the Second Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, November 24, 1850" is an important sermon in which the author, Ichabod Smith Spencer, addresses the complex subject of obedience to the law and moral duty to the law in the context of slavery and the system of order in the United States of America in the middle of the 19th century. Through the prism of Christian values and principles, the author reveals the complex and contradictory aspects of the law on fugitive slaves and emphasizes the need to respect the law, but also to morally condemn its tyrannical or unjust provisions. This sermon is not only an important historical testimony, but also a call for vigilance, justice and a true understanding of right and duty in society."