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Why did the fugitive slave act take place?

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Why did the fugitive slave act take place?

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With increased pressure from Southern politicians, Congress passed a revised Fugitive Slave Act in 1850. Part of Henry Clay's famed Compromise of 1850 a group of bills that helped quiet early calls for Southern secession this new law forcibly compelled citizens to assist in the capture of runaway slaves. The Fugitive Slave Act or Fugitive Slave Law was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers.

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Who was involved in the fugitive slave act?

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Who was involved in the fugitive slave act?

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Southern slave holding interests against Free Northern Soldiers, or people that ran away from people the South.

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How did this help expand the United States to fulfill the idea of Manifest Destiny?

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How did this help expand the United States to fulfill the idea of Manifest Destiny?

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In the 19th century, manifest destiny was a widely held belief in the United States that people were destined to expand across North America. When Slaves ran from South, to North they could explore new land. They could also fight the other Countries that control more land across the country.

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The Fugitive Slave Act Classroom Segment | Underground Railroad: The William Still Story

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The Fugitive Slave Acts resulted in many free blacks being illegally captured and sold into slavery(back to the South). For example one famous person was Solomon Northup, a freeborn black musician who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. in 1841. Northup would spend 12 years as a slave in Louisiana before winning back his freedom in 1853.

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The Fugitive Slave Acts were a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the territory of the United States. This was enacted by congress in 1793.

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Sound Smart: The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 | History

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The 1850 Fugitive Slave Act was passed on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 and a warning to the North, increasing penalties against fugitive slaves and the people who aided them.

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September 18, 1850