The underground railroad.
California was to be admitted as a free state.
The Fugitive Slave Act was a pro-slavery part of the Compromise of 1850.
It meant a slave ran away.
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No the Fugitive Slave Act gave captured esaped slaves back to their owners.
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Fugitive Slave law (ACT)
the first fugitive slave law was passed in 1793.
California was to be admitted as a free state.
The Fugitive Slave Law
The fugitive slave clause was part of the Articles of Confederation.
The fugitive slave law lasted until 1765 to 1776.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 sought to force the authorities in free states to return fugitive slaves to their masters.
The Fugitive Slave Act forced many people to consider the pros and cons of slavery in the United States. The effect of the Fugitive Slave Act was the freeing of slaves.
The fugitive slave law required all Americans to turn over any fugitive slave found to law enforcement so they would be sent back to their owners.
The Fugitive Slave Act forced many people to consider the pros and cons of slavery in the United States. The effect of the Fugitive Slave Act was the freeing of slaves.
Henry Clay's role in the Fugitive Slave Law was to renew the countries slave attitude.