Yes because its a FREE state
No, according to the fugitive slave laws, escaped slaves were not automatically free. The laws required that escaped slaves be returned to their owners, even if they reached a free state. This often led to contentious legal battles and resistance from abolitionists.
No, under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, escaped slaves could still be captured and returned to their owners. Being in a free state did not automatically grant freedom to escaped slaves.
Not necessarily. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required free states to aid in the capture and return of escaped slaves. This meant that even if a slave reached a free state, they were at risk of being apprehended and returned to their owner.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required that escaped slaves be returned to their masters even if they were in a free state. It mandated that law enforcement officials in free states assist in capturing and returning escaped slaves.
to the free states or canada
Missouri would be admitted to the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. The Compromise ruled that any territory north of 36 30 latitude would be free and below it would be slave.
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.
it was a free state >3
A slave state. Its Southern border was taken as the line, North of which slavery would henceforth be illegal.
Basically, if a slave escaped from their masters to a free state or even Canada, their former master could eventually find and capture them. There was no limit on how long this was possible for.
It was because they had an even number of slave and free states. If Missouri came in as a slave state then it would make it uneven and it would upset the balance.