The underground railroad.
California was to be admitted as a free state.
The Fugitive Slave Act was a pro-slavery part of the Compromise of 1850.
It meant a slave ran away.
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No the Fugitive Slave Act gave captured esaped slaves back to their owners.
fugitive slave lawsThe Fugitive Act
the first fugitive slave law was passed in 1793.
California was to be admitted as a free state.
The Fugitive Slave Law
The fugitive slave law lasted until 1765 to 1776.
The Fugitive Slave Act made it illegal for anyone to assist or harbor a fugitive slave, and mandated that law enforcement officials in free states capture and return escapees to their owners in slave states. Anyone found guilty of aiding a fugitive slave could be fined or imprisoned.
The Fugitive Slave Act forced many people to consider the pros and cons of slavery in the United States. The effect of the Fugitive Slave Act was the freeing of slaves.
Henry Clay's role in the Fugitive Slave Law was to renew the countries slave attitude.
Northern Abolitionists did not react favorably to the Fugitive Slave Act. This is because it supported the cause they were against.
It meant a slave ran away.
The Fugitive Slave Act was a pro-slavery part of the Compromise of 1850.
the fugitive slave act change Harriet Tubman life because the tried to stop her from freeing slave.