well because they were really scared!
Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act.
Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act.
It'sbasically poop
The Fugitive Slave act was part of the Compromise of 1850. The compromise of 1850 said any new states would be free states as long as they passed the fugitive slave act. This act made Northerners turn in runaway slaves.
The Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise of 1820 Compromise of 1850 (including Fugitive Slave Act) Kansas-Nebraska Act Crittenden Compromise
the first fugitive slave law was passed in 1793.
The Fugitive Slave Act was the provision of the Compromise of 1850 that was designed to appeal to slave states. It allowed for the capture and return of fugitive slaves who had escaped to free states. This provision aimed to address the concerns of slave states by improving the enforcement of slave owners' property rights.
As a means to have the Missouri Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave law was passed by Congress. It called for the return of all escaped slaves to the North be returned to their owners. Rewards and bounties were offered as part of the law to encourage compliance in the North.
The Fugitive Slave Act was written by Congress as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. The act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850.
The first fugitive slave law was passed by Congress in 1793. It allowed slaveowners to reclaim their escaped slaves in any state or territory in the United States.
The Compromise of 1850 was the plan in which California entered the US as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Law was passed. This compromise aimed to address the issue of slavery expansion between free and slave states. The Fugitive Slave Law required that escaped slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in free states.