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Why did antislavery groups in the North oppose the Fugitive Slave Act?
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∙ 9y ago
Abolitionists were a group of people who were ardently against the practice of slavery. This is key to understanding their disagreement of the Fugitive slave act. The fugitive slave act was part of the compromise of 1850 which sought to fix the short comings of the Missouri compromise. It established the practice of popular sovereignty to decide whether or not an incoming state would be a slave state or a free state. The fugitive slave act itself required that any slave that escaped from a slave state and into a free state was required by law to be returned to their owner. It also empowered bounty hunters to capture escaped slaves to collect on their bounties. However what this did was allow bounty hunters to capture many free African Americans and claim that they were a slave. For not only being forced to tolerate slaver but to actually aid the practice abolitionists were upset. However this emotion was only deepened by the fact that many free men were being taken as slaves.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoDuring the antebellum, the Fugitive Slave Law in 1850 was opposed by abolitionists because it required escaped slaves that made it to the North, were required by law to have them captured and returned to their "owners". The abolitionists believed that an escaped slave should be safe and secure if that slave escaped to a Northern State. They also saw the problem in the law that judges who returned slaves received a fee. There was also the danger that freeman Blacks could be "claimed" to be fugitives and sent back to the South.
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∙ 7y agoThe act returned slaves to their 'owners'. Abolitionists were against slavery.
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Which antislavery paper was founded by Frederick Douglass?
The North Star
What is a difference between the North and South?
The North was the antislavery part of the country; The South was a pro-slavery part of the country.
What was the group that issued the first antislavery protest in north America made up of?
i think the quakers
What were ways that abolitionists spread word?
Abolitionists cited biblical verses in their sermons and speeches to lure the public to oppose and help end the institution of slavery. In some cases, abolitionists asked former slaves such as Frederick Douglas to speak publicly about their experience.
The Missouri compromise was a victory for antislavery advocates because it?
...drew a line in the sand, North of which slavery was illegal.
Support system established by antislavery groups in the upper South and the North to help fugitive slaves who had escaped from the South to make their way to Canada?
The Underground Railroad
What do the North Star and The Liberator have in common?
They are two antislavery newspapers.
What did the North Star and the Liberator have in common?
They are two antislavery newspapers.
Which antislavery paper was founded by Frederick Douglass?
The North Star
North star and the liberator have in common?
they are two antislavery newspapers
Why was the fugitive law unpopular in the north?
The fugitive slave law was un popular in the north because the north did not believe in slavery. They were free. In the north, if you were found guilty, of helping(aiding) fugitive slaves, you could be fined 1,000 dollars and be put in jail for six months. If you were African American, and helping a fugitive slave, you could be hanged.
In 1817 antislavery reformers founded this society?
American Colonization Society.In 1817, antislavery reformers from the North and the South founded the American Colonization Society.
Who wrote a novel that incited protests against the Fugitive slave act?
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which incited protests against the Fugitive Slave Act due to its powerful portrayal of the injustices of slavery. The novel's impact helped galvanize antislavery sentiments in the North and is often credited with helping to fuel the abolitionist movement.
What groups did Millard Fillmore anger?
Fillmore angered the abolitionists and other anti-slavery groups in the North, by the Fugitive Slave Act, which was part of the Compromise of 1850. This compromise was engineered by Henry Clay. It was opposed by Fillmore's predecessor, Taylor.
What is a difference between the North and South?
The North was the antislavery part of the country; The South was a pro-slavery part of the country.
What was the name of Frederick Douglass antislavery newspaper?
His abolitionist newspaper was called the North Star.
What percent of North Dakota residents oppose same-sex marriage?
52% of North Dakota residents oppose same-sex marriage as of 2014.
