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According to the fugitive slave laws if a slave escaped to a free state he or she was automatically free?
According to the fugitive slave laws a slave was not automatically free if he/she escaped to a slave free state. If a slave was caught in a free state, the people were obligated to hold them for the slave chasers. Not many people obeyed this rule, though.
If a slave escaped to a free state was the slave free?
No a slave catcher could come and take them back but in Canada they were free
If a slave escaped into a free state he or she was automatically free?
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.
What did the fujitive slave law say?
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.
Where did the slave go when they escaped?
to the free states or canada
What did the The Missouri Compromise propose?
Missouri would be admitted to the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
Who resulted in one free state and one slave 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.
What was a plan in which California entered the US as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Law was passed?
The Compromise of 1850 was the plan under which California entered the Union. In exchange for allowing another free state into the United States, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed, which ordered northern states to return escaped slaves to their masters in the south.
Was kansas a slave state or free state?
it was a free state >3
Was Missouri a slave state or a free state in the 1830s?
A slave state. Its Southern border was taken as the line, North of which slavery would henceforth be illegal.
What included fugitive slave law?
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.
The admission of Missouri as a slave state was controversial in the senate because?
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.
