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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. By: Daniella Adarve and Stephen Blount. Fugitive Slave Act of 1793. Slaves began fleeing to the North. A law was put in place so that slave owners could reclaim their slaves even if they were free. Prigg vs. Pensylvania Many flaws. Free At Last?.
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 By: Daniella Adarve and Stephen Blount
Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 • Slaves began fleeing to the North. • A law was put in place so that slave owners could reclaim their slaves even if they were free. • Prigg vs. Pensylvania • Many flaws
Free At Last? • Rights to the slaves • Judges were often givens bonuses as incentives to “return” slaves to their masters • If a fugitive was found they were to returned to their master. This caused some problems. “The colored men’s rights are less than those of a jackass” –Frederick Douglass
Fugitive Slave Act • http://www.civil-war.net/pages/fugitive_slave_act.asp http://formaementis.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/slave_kidnap_post_1851_boston.jpg
Who Did It? • Slaves fled • North vs. South • Harriet Tubman • South vs. North http://americanabolitionist.liberalarts.iupui.edu/reward2.jpg
Sources • (Danzer, 2003) Danzer, G. A. (2003). The americans. McDougall Littell. • ("The compromise of," ) compromise of 1850 and the fugitive slave act. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2951.html • ("Fugitive slave act," ) Fugitive slave act of 1793. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.answers.com/topic/fugitive-slave-act-of-1793