AMST 0862 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Fugitive Slave Act Of 1850
30 Oct 2017
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Background information: the fugitive slave act of 1850 was actually part of a larger bill know as the. What were the results of the compromise passing: california was admitted as a free" state, the slave trade was abolished, though slavery was not, within the district of. Constitution: for example, in 1842, the us supreme court ruled that northern states (or any states, really) didn"t have to offer aid in the recapture and return of slaves. It made the 1793 law even harsher, and physically implicated every citizen of the northern states in the practice of slavery and slave-catching: sections 1 and 2: Gives courts and other legal authorities the ability to enlarge the number of commissioners [ ] to afford reasonable facilities to reclaim fugitives from labor . This is the first section that utilizes the euphemism fugitives : section 4:
