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What law required escaped slaves to be returned to their owners even if they escaped to the north?
The "Fugitive Slave Act" of 1854.
Who had slaves north or south?
South
How were the north and south different?
south wont slaves the north did not
Did the south have slaves or the north?
The South had more than the North, and the abolishment of slavery began in the North. But the South wanted slaves - thus ensued the Civil War.
Who had more slaves north or south?
The South
What are the names slaves that ran away?
Many slaves escaped. The name of one who escaped and was recaptured is Moses Roper. There was a society who helped them to escape and they had a system called the "underground railroad" which helped lots of slaves, lead by Harriet Tubman. Another famous escaped slave was Fredrick Douglass, who escaped from the south and fled to the north to become a distinguished abolitionist.
How many slaves in the north escaped on the underground railroad?
100,000 slaves escaped through the undreground railroad to freedom 50,000 slaves were reported to have escaped between 1830 and 1860.
What happens to the person who sold down the river?
slaves who escaped to the north were returned to the south and hence sold down the river. Most rivers in the US run from North to South.
After Harriet Tubman escaped how did she make her mark in history?
After Harriet Tubman escaped, she made her mark in history by helping the slaves escape from the south to the north with the Underground RailRoad.
Why was the fugitive slave law unpopular in the north?
It was unpopular in the north because they did not support slavery, and therefore did not want to send escaped slaves back to the south
Support system established by antislavery groups in the upper South and the North to help fugitive slaves who had escaped from the South to make their way to Canada?
The Underground Railroad
To what city did the escaped slaves go?
They didn't really go to a certain city; they went up North because that's where all the free slave states were. The South is where they had slaves.
The underground railroad was developed in the 1840's in order to do what?
Assist escaped slaves in from the American south reach the north, or in many cases, Canada.
What famous black woman helped hundreds of other slaves escape from the north and south in the mid-1800s?
Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave who went back South to help other slaves to escape.
Who did hariet Tubman help?
She helped escaped slaves from slave states in the U.S. South so they could find their way north to free states.
What allowed escaped slaves in the north to be recaptured?
The Fugitive Slave Act
What law allowed escaped slaves in the north to be recaptured?
A strict sedition
