Sara Lucy Bagby (c. 1843 – July 14, 1906) was the last person in the United States forced to return to slavery in the South under the Fugitive Slave Act.
Despite the attempts of both the Ohio state government and citizens of Cleveland to intervene—including a purported dramatic armed standoff in a courtroom—she was transported back to Goshorn's property in Wheeling, then still part of Virginia.
On the Union's bloody altar, Was your hapless victim laid; Mercy, truth, and justice shuddered, But your hands would give no aid.
Back where brutal men may trample, On her honor and her fame; And unto her lips so dusky, Press the cup of woe and shame.
But ye can not stay the whirlwind, When the storm begins to break; And our God doth rise in judgment, For the poor and needy's sake.