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While many viewed the owning slaves as immoral, it was not illegal for a slave owner to run president. Several presidents also owned slaves.
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What happened to Harriet Tubmans head?
in 1865 harriet Tubman was in a store where she seen a different slave argueing with his owner so her owners demanded her to do something but she refuse and so the other slave got away the man that worked at the store took a 2 pound weight off the counter and aimed to hit the other slave but in sread striked harriet it affected her for the rest of her life it left her having seasures and different things
Will Glenn Beck run for president?
He has said multiple times that he will not run; he also notes that if he WERE the president, the U.S. would probably run out of missiles.
In which episode did Clark run for Class President on Smallville?
Drone
What is Nicolas Sarkozy famous for?
From 2007 to 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy was the president of France. His run as president had various run-ins with labor unions, and with the economic downfall of the Euro throughout the European Union.
What president decided not to run for reelection in 1968?
Lyndon B. Johnson.
Could slave owners run for president?
Yes, they could. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington are two examples of slave owners successfully running for president. A slave owner had just as much right to run for president you or me, but in order to even hope of winning they would need to know a lot about government and politics.
How did slave owners in kansas run plantations?
no they did not
Why did slave owners whip their slaves?
because they would run away or not do all their work.
What was the purpose of the fugitive slave law?
requires all slaves that had run away to be sen t back to there owners
What did southerners believe gave them the right to retrieve runaway slaves?
Its because in 1850 congress passed the Fugative Slave Act, which stated that all slave owners had the right to retrieve run away slaves.
What did Thomas Clarkson do to abolish slavery?
He phoned his brother - Jeremy Clarkson and told him to run all of the slave owners over. Jeremy thought that this job was too big to do by himself so he got Richard Hammond and James may to help him. In the end all of the slave owners got squashed and no one dared to kidnap a slave again.
Was Frederick Douglass a freed slave or a run away slave?
He was a run away slave.
Is it illegal for ordained people to run for office?
(in the US) No. I believe we've even had (an) ordained president(s)
How come a President can only serve 4 terms?
Until 1940 the reason was that no president had the desire and audacity to run for more than two terms. After 1951, the reason is that the 22nd amendment to the US Constitution makes it illegal for a president to run for more that 2 terms.
Should a president run for three times why?
No because I believe one man could have to much power. It's illegal, the 22nd amendment states a President can only serve two terms
Is it illegal for a 16 boy to run away with a 19 girl?
Anything with the words "run away" is illegal.
Why couldn't slaves run away?
they have basically a receipt of being sold, unless their owner frees the slave he or she may go. Plus, when you got caught escaping it was under the owners legal authority to kill you.
