This law would require police in the free states to help capture slaves escaping from slave states
The slavery law passed in 1850 was called the Fugitive Slave Act. It required that escaped slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were found in free states.
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CA became a state in 1850 and the law was called The Compromise of 1850.
The Fugitive Slave Law.
The Fugitive Slave Law was included in the Compromise of 1850, a package of five bills passed by the United States Congress.
University of Pennsylvania Law School was created in 1850.
Compromise of 1850.
The Fugitive Slave Law was passed in 1850. This law was meant to help slave owners capture escaped slaves by making it a crime to help an escaped slave.
Edmund Law Rogers Jr. was born on 1850-07-01.
The Compromise of 1850. It was cobbled together rather desperately, and did not last.
The Fugitive Slave Act