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The Constitution states that a man's property is sacred. And for as long as slaves were classified as property, the Constitution gave slavery full protection.

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Q: What does the constitution state about runaway slaves?
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How did the constitution treat runaway slaves?

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What clause related to slavery was included in the Constitution?

Runaway slaves were required to be returned to their owners.


What state was a haven for runaway slaves pirates and Seminole Indians?

Florida.


What do the three references to slavery in the constitution touch in?

Slave trading was to be banned in the entire United States by 1808.Slaves count as three-fifths of a person for state representation in Congress.States were expected to return runaway slaves to their rightful owners.


What do the three references to slavery in the Constitution touch on?

Slave trading was to be banned in the entire United States by 1808.Slaves count as three-fifths of a person for state representation in Congress.States were expected to return runaway slaves to their rightful owners.


What act was a federal law which enforced a section of the US Constitution that required the return of runaway slaves?

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required Americans to return runaway slaves to their owners.


Why did some slave owners offered a reward form the return of runaway slaves?

Because they can offered a reward for runaway slaves.....Then


What did the constitution say about slavery?

Already owned slaves were permitted, otherwise no slaves allowed in the state of Texas.


What is a code name for a runaway slave?

Runaway slaves didn't have code names.


What were runaway slaves called in 1861?

They were called fugitives. A fugitive is a runaway slave


What are maroons?

Maroons were runaway slaves from the west indies,north america,central america and south america.These runaway slaves also called maroons lived on mountaintops. Slaves who ran away and set up free communitiesch morons maroons were runaway slaves


How did slave owners handle runaway slaves?

They would hurt the slaves.