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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and the Dred Scott Decision

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and the Dred Scott Decision. By Ben Burke. The situation in California. In 1849 the CA gold rush began when a local discovered vast quantities of gold in a river. White southerners took this opportunity to extend the American slave republic to the Pacific Coast.

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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and the Dred Scott Decision

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  1. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and the Dred Scott Decision By Ben Burke

  2. The situation in California • In 1849 the CA gold rush began when a local discovered vast quantities of gold in a river. • White southerners took this opportunity to extend the American slave republic to the Pacific Coast. • When CA tried to become a free state, Southern leaders threatened to succeed.

  3. Why Couldn’t California be Free • There was a law that stated that there must be an equal number of slave states and free states. • Before CA became a state there was a balance between slave and free states.

  4. Fugitive Slave act Free California

  5. The compromise of 1850 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=r42ZFRe70rU

  6. Fugitive slave Act • Both blacks and whites could be deputized in order to help in the recovery of a fugitive slave. • Suspected runaways were denied a trial by jury. • Harboring or knowing of a fugitive slave is a felony.

  7. Abolitionists view Southerners’ view

  8. The Dred Scott Decision

  9. Scott was born in 1800. • Scott moved around with his master Peter Blow until he died in 1832. • He was bought by an army surgeon in1836 named Dr. John Emerson. • Dr. John Emerson brought Scott to Illinois, a free state.

  10. They later moved to Missouri and he got married. • Dr. John Emerson died in 1843. • Mrs. Emerson would not let Scott buy his freedom. • Scott sued for his freedom in 1847. • This leaded to a string of trials until a final decision in 1857. • In 1857 Dred Scott lost his trial because he wasn’t a citizen.

  11. Did the Dred Scott Decision Postpone a Civil War Many experts say that by having a final decision to send Scott back to his master satisfied Southern leaders which prevented a succession.

  12. Work Cited • "The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act." Africans in America. PBS. Web. 29 Mar. 2012. • “The Dred Scott Decision." Africans in America. PBS. Web. 29 Mar. 2012. • “ The Dred Scott Decision.” American Civil War. American Civil War. Web. 29 Mar. 2012.

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