requires all slaves that had run away to be sen t back to there owners
The fugitive slave law required all Americans to turn over any fugitive slave found to law enforcement so they would be sent back to their owners.
In 1657 Virginia passed a fugitive slave law.
Fugitive Slave law (ACT)
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 sought to force the authorities in free states to return fugitive slaves to their masters.
1850
the first fugitive slave law was passed in 1793.
The fugitive slave law lasted until 1765 to 1776.
The fugitive slave law required all Americans to turn over any fugitive slave found to law enforcement so they would be sent back to their owners.
In 1657 Virginia passed a fugitive slave law.
Henry Clay's role in the Fugitive Slave Law was to renew the countries slave attitude.
California was to be admitted as a free state.
Fugitive Slave law (ACT)
The Fugitive Slave Law
Northern states passed Personal Liberty laws to counteract the Fugitive Slave Law. These were meant to make the law equitable and to protect the rights of Freedmen and escaped slaves without nullifying the Fugitive Slave Law.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 sought to force the authorities in free states to return fugitive slaves to their masters.
1850
1850