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What is the freeing of slaves called?
to manumit or the act of manumission is a slave owner setting their slaves free.
What were the lives of the slaves like after the Civil War?
There weren't any slaves after the american civil war. They were freed by the emancipation act.
What did the slaves that escaped to the north use?
The slaves used either the underground railroad, or they found a crafty way to act like a free person.
What act or event during the civil war and reconstruction freed the slaves?
Emancipation
What act required northerners to capture runaway slaves?
The Fugitive Slave Law.
How would you act if you were a slave?
Slaves act in a 'servile' manner.
What act turned in slaves when they escaped?
Fugitive Slave Act
Did the north become safe to slaves after the fugitive slave act?
no because the act declared that any fugitive slaves in the northhad to be returned
What does the emancipation proclamation act do?
Frees Slaves
What is the name of the act to help runaway slaves called?
The act to help runaway slaves was called the Underground Railroad. It was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by abolitionists in the United States to help enslaved individuals escape to free states or Canada.
What US president signed the act that stopped the importation of slaves into the US?
US President ThomasJefferson signed the "Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves" . The act was signed March 2, 1807 and the act went into effect on January 1, 1808 .
Where was it illegal to import slaves from?
It was illegal to import slaves into the United States from Africa after 1808, as stated in the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves.
What is the freeing of slaves called?
to manumit or the act of manumission is a slave owner setting their slaves free.
What does the word emancipation?
Emancipation means the act of freeing. Example: Slaves were emancipated. This means that the slaves were freed.
What wartime act by Abraham Lincoln freed those slave living in rebellious states?
The Emancipation Proclamation was Lincoln's wartime act that freed slaves.
What does the word emancipation mean?
Emancipation means the act of freeing. Example: Slaves were emancipated. This means that the slaves were freed.
How did former slaves get the right to vote?
1867 reconstruction act
