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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


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.


What called for the legalization of slavery in territories south of 36 30.?

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 called for the legalization of slavery in territories south of the 36°30′ parallel. This agreement allowed for the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain the balance in Congress between slave and free states.


How did Missouri's application as a slave state in 1819 challenge US law?

Missouri's application as a slave state in 1819 challenged US law by raising the issue of balancing free and slave states in the Union, upsetting the delicate equilibrium between the two. This set the stage for the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which attempted to maintain this balance by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while also establishing a line across the Louisiana Territory restricting slavery north of a certain latitude.