a lot
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4 million
Many slaves in the south worked on large plantations
There was a strengthened fugitive slave law to help with the capture of escaped slaves
At the peak in 1860 there were 3.9 million slaves in the south.
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The Compromise of 1850 appeased both North and South in several ways. The South was granted a harsher treatment of fugitive slaves by the North. Both North and South were granted parts of the Texas Territory. At this time, Washington, D.C. still had slaves, but the Compromise of 1850 did away with that practice.
Fifteen
4 million
Many slaves in the south worked on large plantations
There was a strengthened fugitive slave law to help with the capture of escaped slaves
Perhaps the best known study concerning the racial aspects of Southern slaves was done by Louis Agassiz of Harvard University in 1850. As part of his study, he traveled to South Carolina and had photographs taken of both male and female slaves.
It imposed fines for hiding runaway slaves.
There was a strengthened fugitive slave law to help with the capture of escaped slaves.
There was a strengthened fugitive slave law to help with the capture of escaped slaves.
1850-1858 I think...
There was a strengthened fugitive slave law to help with the capture of escaped slaves.