It was one of the components of the Compromise of 1850.
Most of the provisions favoured the Union, so Congress had to make a dramatic gesture of appeasement of the South. It was a clumsy move. The Act was so unpopular in the North that 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written directly as a protest against it.
The Fugitive Slave Act was a pro-slavery part of the Compromise of 1850.
California was to be admitted as a free state.
The Compromise of 1850, once in place, limited the number of slaves that could be freely roaming, and then the Fugitive Slave Act undid what had been established by the compromise by establishing stricter regulations.
James Buchanan
Congress would abolish the Fugitive Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave act was part of the Compromise of 1850. The compromise of 1850 said any new states would be free states as long as they passed the fugitive slave act. This act made Northerners turn in runaway slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Act was a pro-slavery part of the Compromise of 1850.
The Fugitive Slave Law was included in the Compromise of 1850, a package of five bills passed by the United States Congress.
California was to be admitted as a free state.
Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act.
Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act.
The Compromise of 1850, once in place, limited the number of slaves that could be freely roaming, and then the Fugitive Slave Act undid what had been established by the compromise by establishing stricter regulations.
The Fugitive Slave Law was included in the Compromise of 1850 to address Southern concerns about the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act, which required the return of escaped slaves to their owners. This law was meant to appease the South and maintain the fragile balance between free and slave states in the Union.
The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the Compromise of 1850 and it was done to satisfy abolitionists who were in Congress. While slavery was outlawed in Washington, D.C. under this compromise, the Fugitive Slave Act allowed slaves to be returned to their masters and those who housed their escape to be punished.
The Fugitive Slave Act
Congress was given the power to ban the slave trade after 1808.