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Why was the fugitive slave law a cause of the civil war?
It angered Southerners, and they seceded from the Union.
What was the law called that required northerners to help southerners catch their slaves?
The Fugitive Slave Act. It was part of the Compromise of 1850.
Why did the southerners feel the way they did about the Fugitive slave law?
The fugitive slave law gave southerners some protection against being bankrupted by thousands of escaping slaves. The law gave northern banks greater willingness to support slavery by loaning money to slave owners. The law also had the effect of co-opting the support of northern newspapers, which carried the very profitable ads for return of escaped slaves. Basically, the fugitive slave act gave national endorsement to the whole system of slavery.
What made it a federal crime to asist a runaway slave?
Fugitive Slave law (ACT)
How do you use fugitive slave clause in a sentence?
The fugitive slave clause was part of the Articles of Confederation.
Why was the fugitive slave law a cause of the civil war?
It angered Southerners, and they seceded from the Union.
Why did southerners feels the federal government was not protecting their interests?
The federal government did not enforce the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793
Why did the southerners approve of the Compromise of 1850?
Because of the Fugitive Slave Act, where official slave-catchers were appointed to return runaways to their owners.
Why did the southerners feel the government was not protecting their interests?
The federal government did not enforce the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793
Did the southerners favor or oppose the fugitive slave law?
In favor. They saw slaves as property and wanted their property back.
What was the law called that required northerners to help southerners catch their slaves?
The Fugitive Slave Act. It was part of the Compromise of 1850.
Why do you think southerners in congress insisted on the passage of a fugitive slave law?
They wanted to be able to catch their slaves because they were property.
Why did the southerners feel the way they did about the Fugitive slave law?
The fugitive slave law gave southerners some protection against being bankrupted by thousands of escaping slaves. The law gave northern banks greater willingness to support slavery by loaning money to slave owners. The law also had the effect of co-opting the support of northern newspapers, which carried the very profitable ads for return of escaped slaves. Basically, the fugitive slave act gave national endorsement to the whole system of slavery.
What law did the Southerners demanded that Congress pass that said Northerners had to return runaway slaves to their owners?
== == That was The Fugitive Slave Act.
What laws punished northerners who assisted escaped slaves?
fugitive slave lawsThe Fugitive Act
What did southerners believe that Article 4 Section 2 of the US Constitution gave them the right to do?
the southerners believed that article 4, section 2, (Fugitive Slave Act) gave them the right to turn in/retrieve+return fugitive slaves and send them back down to the south. Unfortunately, like some acts, this was taken advantage of. Some southerners would find any colored man/woman, whether they be free and had papers proving so, or they be a fugitive slave, and turn the person(s) in to be sent to a southern plantation where they would be enslaved once again
What made it a federal crime to asist a runaway slave?
Fugitive Slave law (ACT)
