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Why was the fugitive slave act so important to southern slave holder?
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The fugitive slave act allowed southern slave holders to reclaim escaped slaves who had made their way to freedom in the northern states
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What law was passed to help Southern states capture runaway slaves?
Fugitive slave law
What did southern states pass which tried to limit the freedom of former slaves?
fugitive slave act
What law was passed to help southern states captured escaped slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act
Who wrote the fugitive slave act?
The Fugitive Slave Act was written by Congress as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. The act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850.
What made it a federal crime to asist a runaway slave?
Fugitive Slave law (ACT)
Who did fugitive slave act favored?
It favoured the Southern slave-owners.
What is the southern view in fugitive slave act?
negative
Was the fugitive slave law confederate?
The the southern states had not yet seceded when the Fugitive Slave Laws were passed, and the Dred Scott Case was decided.
Provision of the compromise of 1850 that comforted southern slave-catchers and aroused the wrath of northern abolitionists?
Fugitive slave act
What provision of the compromise of 1850 that comforted southern slave catchers and aroused the wrath of northern abolitionist?
The Fugitive Slave Act
What laws punished northerners who assisted escaped slaves?
fugitive slave lawsThe Fugitive Act
What is Millard Fillmore's most important contribution?
fugitive slave act
What law was passed to help Southern states capture runaway slaves?
Fugitive slave law
What did southern states pass which tried to limit the freedom of former slaves?
fugitive slave act
What law was passed to help southern states captured escaped slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act
What was the event that made southern states difficult for masters to free their slaves?
Fugitive slave act
What was the provision of the Compromise of 1850 that comforted southern slave catchers and aroused the wrath of northern abolitionists?
Fugitive Slave Act. It backfied badly, arousing strong Abolitionist emotions in the North.
