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To appease the South in return for allowing California to enter the Union as free soil.
It backfired badly, arousing fierce anti-slavery opinion in the North. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written in response to it.
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When was the fugitive slave law written?
1850
What is the fugitive slave law?
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.
What year was the first fugitive slave law passed by congress?
In 1657 Virginia passed a fugitive slave law.
What made it a federal crime to asist a runaway slave?
Fugitive Slave law (ACT)
What are the effects of the Fugitive Slave law?
The fugitive slave law stated that all slaves who escaped to the north could be recaptured and brought back to their owners in the south. The people in the north were very unhappy about this. The fugitive slave law was one of the main causes of the Civil War.
When was the fugitive slave law written?
1850
When was fugitive slave law passed?
the first fugitive slave law was passed in 1793.
How long did the fugitive slave law last?
The fugitive slave law lasted until 1765 to 1776.
What is the fugitive slave law?
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.
What year was the first fugitive slave law passed by congress?
In 1657 Virginia passed a fugitive slave law.
What was Henry clays role in the fugitive slave law?
Henry Clay's role in the Fugitive Slave Law was to renew the countries slave attitude.
Which of these was part of the Compromise of 1850?
California was to be admitted as a free state.
What made it a federal crime to asist a runaway slave?
Fugitive Slave law (ACT)
What part was the most controversial of the compromise of 1850?
The Fugitive Slave Law
What did northern states do to counter the fugitive slave law?
Northern states passed Personal Liberty laws to counteract the Fugitive Slave Law. These were meant to make the law equitable and to protect the rights of Freedmen and escaped slaves without nullifying the Fugitive Slave Law.
What has the author James A Dorr written?
James A. Dorr has written: 'Objections to the act of Congress, commonly called the Fugitive slave law answered, in a letter to Hon. Washington Hunt, Governor elect of the state of New York' -- subject(s): Fugitive slaves, Fugitive slave law of 1850, Controversial literature, Slavery
When did the fugitive slave law start?
1850
