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No the Fugitive Slave Act gave captured esaped slaves back to their owners.

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Q: Had the Fugitive Slave Act free all enslaved African Americans?
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Which people were enslaved during the Atlantic slave trade?

African Americans


How did slaveholders keep control of their enslaved African Americans?

Slave stamps


How did the fugitive slave act effect the north south and the African Americans?

it to away their natural rights


What laws were enforced to keep African Americans within slavery system?

the fugitive slave law


An effect of the Fugitive Slave Law was that?

the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 required the return of escaped slaves to their owners, even if they were in free states, further enforcing the institution of slavery and intensifying tensions between abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates.


How did the Fugitive Slave Act and the Dred Scott decision affect formerly enslaved African Americans living in the North?

The Dred Scott stated African Americans were property and had no rights. Even in northern states they could be considered property and had no rights. The fugitive slave act virtually gave permission for the men who were hired to bring back slaves to find a free slave as a replacement to take south. They didn't care if he/she was in the north or free. Either way they were paid for bodies returned.


Did the restrictions of the slave codes help or hinder the rights of enslaved African Americans?

hinder why would you even ask that a race was enslaved and had limited rights what do you think


How did abolitionists and African Americans resist the Fugitive Slave Law?

Abolitionists and African Americans resisted the Fugitive Slave Law by forming vigilance committees, aiding fugitive slaves in their escape through the Underground Railroad, and using legal tactics to challenge the constitutionality of the law. They also organized protests, published anti-slavery literature, and raised public awareness about the injustices of the law.


How did Harriet Tubman contribute to African Americans resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act?

She used the Underground Railroad to guide hundreds of slaves to freedom.


How did Harriet Tubman contributed to African Americans resistance to the fugitive slave act?

She used the Underground Railroad to guide hundreds of slaves to freedom.


How did Harriet Tubman contributed to African Americans resistance to fugitive slave act?

She used the Underground Railroad to guide hundreds of slaves to freedom.


How did harriet Tubman contribute to African Americans' resistance to the fugitive slave act?

She used the Underground Railroad to guide hundreds of slaves to freedom.