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Slaves escaped to Detroit, Erie, and Boston.

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Why was the fugitive slave act the most controversial in the Compromise of 1850?

The fugitive slave act went beyond just condoning slavery in the south. It made the northern states accomplices. Northern citizens were required by law to turn in escaped slaves. Northern newspapers were required to run advertisements for rewards on escaped slaves.


What law required escaped slaves to be returned to their owners even if they escaped to the north?

The "Fugitive Slave Act" of 1854.


How slaves escaped from the south to the north?

slaves escaped any way they could, most crossed the Missouri river to lose their scent from the master's dogs. Didn't you pay attention in 5th grade.


What happened to slaves who ran away?

Some slaves who ran away were recaptured and returned to their owners. They might be punished by whipping or by cutting off part of an arm, leg, hand or foot. however, their economic value often limited the damage inflicted. Some slaves who ran away died while running (drowned or other accidents) or while resisting recapture. Some slaves who ran away got away, to the northern states or to Canada, and made new lives for themselves. However, even when in the northern states, there were times when an escaped slave might be returned south to slavery. A few escaped slaves returned south on their own to help others get away, and some of those were captured and executed or enslaved.


What two countries did slaves escape to?

Canada And Mexico Actually there was 3 places they escaped to, two are above but they also escaped to the west indies

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Why was the fugitive slave act the most controversial in the Compromise of 1850?

The fugitive slave act went beyond just condoning slavery in the south. It made the northern states accomplices. Northern citizens were required by law to turn in escaped slaves. Northern newspapers were required to run advertisements for rewards on escaped slaves.


Network of safe houses that helped escaped slaves reach freedom in the northern lands?

underground railroad


Why do some of the routes in the underground railroad point to the north?

Canada, which is north of the United States, was a good destination for escaping slaves. Canada did not return escaped slaves to their former owners.


Why were posters and newspaper a problem for runaway slaves in northern cities?

Posters and newspapers in northern cities often included descriptions or rewards for capturing runaway slaves, making it difficult for them to remain hidden and escape to freedom. These materials were used to alert the public and law enforcement about the presence of runaway slaves, increasing the risk of being identified and captured.


How many slaves in the north escaped on the underground railroad?

100,000 slaves escaped through the undreground railroad to freedom 50,000 slaves were reported to have escaped between 1830 and 1860.


What other country did passengers on the Underground Railroad travel to?

Very often escaped slaves were not safe living in the North because of the US Fugitive Slave Act. Also because some Northern US States were not friendly to escaped slaves. However, the leader of the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, helped the escaped slaves gain refuge in British controlled Canada.


What was the imediate impact of the emancipation proclimation?

Slaves in Southern territory held by the Union Army were free immediately, as were slaves who had escaped to the northern states but were held by the Union Army under a law that required slaves to be held as confiscated property of the Confederacy.


What was slaves called when they escaped?

Fugitives


What was the main provision of the Fugitive Slave Law?

The Fugitive Slave Law was part of the Compromise of 1850. Its main provision required the return of runaway slaves. Their were penalties for those in northern states who aided escaped slaves.


Where did some slaves escape to after they escaped from their owners?

they would go to the mason dixon line (seperated north and south parts of america). once they escaped from their owners in the south, they would cross the mason dixon line into the northern half of america. once a slave was in the northern half of america, they were free from their owners


What are the names slaves that ran away?

Many slaves escaped. The name of one who escaped and was recaptured is Moses Roper. There was a society who helped them to escape and they had a system called the "underground railroad" which helped lots of slaves, lead by Harriet Tubman. Another famous escaped slave was Fredrick Douglass, who escaped from the south and fled to the north to become a distinguished abolitionist.


What did Slaves do after they escaped?

ran for their lives to Hawaii