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The Fugitive Slave Laws
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How did runaway slaves try to avoid getting caught?
The runaway slaves traveled at night, so nobody could catch them, because the darkness made it hard for others to see them. ceyquan salmon
Fugitive Slave Act?
A law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850, which provided southern slaveholders with legal weapons to capture slaves who had escaped to the free states. The law was highly unpopular in the North and helped to convert many previously indifferent northerners to antislavery.
When was the importation of new slaves made illegal?
1808
What made life hard for slaves on the plantation?
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What made the these people chase runaway slaves?
because they wanted to use the slaves for their work and not let they run away, also, they had to buy the slaves so they didn't want them to run away. Some people wanted what they considered their " property " back. Some were Bounty Hunters.
What made it illegal to help runaway slaves?
The Fugitive Slave Laws
How did sharecropping help plantation owners?
it was basically a way to keep there slaves after slaves were made illegal
Number of runaway slaves that made it to the north?
Over 100,000 slaves made it to the north
Why was the fugitive slave act unpopular in the south?
The fugitive slave act was written into law to round up runaway slaves that went up north where slavery was illegal. This act gave southerns the ability to demand their slaves back with help from the Federal government. it also made it illegal for "free people" to aide in the escape and quartering of runaway slaves.(I say free, not white because there were many free African Americans that helped runaway slaves, most notable Harriet Tubman and Fredrick Douglass) The fugitive slave act was actually quite popular in the south, especially with the plantation owners.
What was the law that made it illegal to help run away slaves?
The Missori Compromise
What was the movement to end slavery in the us?
The movement to end slavery was called the "Abolition" movement. The abolitionist with the help of freed and indentured slaves came up with the "Underground Railroad;" which was a system to bring runaway slaves to safe-houses until they could be brought to freedom in the northern states. The act that made it illegal to own slaves was the Emancipation Procalamtion read by Abraham Lincoln.
What was the law that made it a federal crime to aid runaway slaves and allow the arrest of escaped slaves?
Figitive slave act
How did runaway slaves try to avoid getting caught?
The runaway slaves traveled at night, so nobody could catch them, because the darkness made it hard for others to see them. ceyquan salmon
Fugitive Slave Act?
A law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850, which provided southern slaveholders with legal weapons to capture slaves who had escaped to the free states. The law was highly unpopular in the North and helped to convert many previously indifferent northerners to antislavery.
When was the importation of new slaves made illegal?
1808
Who made up the majority of the settlers who settled the rick piedmont area of the appalachians?
Runaway slaves
If slavery was made illegal why did people still bring slaves into the US?
Slavery was made illegal by the 13th amendment during the civil war. Before slavery was made illegal people were still allowed to bring slaves into the country.
