The punishment was they had to wear a slave collar with a bell on it and they could be whipped!
Under the Fugitive Slave Act, people could be imprisoned for helping a runaway slave. The act was passed in 1850.
citizens who helped a runaway slave could be imprisoned
Because they needed help to find the runaway slave.
They were needed for all the unnecessary cases of citizens arrested for failing to report someone who looked as though he might be a runaway slave.
A young, unmarried man.
Under the Fugitive Slave Act, people could be imprisoned for helping a runaway slave. The act was passed in 1850.
If a slave committed a serious crime, they could have their nose slit, ears cut off, and whipped.If a slave tried to runaway but failed their limbs were cut off.
Runaway Slave was created in 1991.
citizens who helped a runaway slave could be imprisoned
Any person arrested as a runaway had almost no legal rights. And any person who helped a slave could be jailed.
Runaway Slave - 2012 is rated/received certificates of: USA:PG
Laws were passed to make sure that the slave was returned. They were considered property, and people who helped them or hid them were breaking the law. It was a crime.
The cast of The Runaway Slave - 1912 includes: Henry Belmar
Because they needed help to find the runaway slave.
Yes
Runaway slaves didn't have code names.
They were called fugitives. A fugitive is a runaway slave