https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i en-us 2019-02-20 17:33:29 UTC 2019-02-25 18:22:31 UTC hello@padlet.com quinnsmith2025 https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/333293228 The fugitive slave act involved all the Southern slave owners, and fought between the Northern free soldiers. The southern slave owners would pay the agents to collect and bring back slaves from the north.]]> 2019-02-20 17:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/333293228 shainawolkenberg2025 https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/333293400 The Fugitive Slave Act took place in 1850. The law was passed  on September 18th 1850. ]]> 2019-02-20 17:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/333293400 shainawolkenberg2025 https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/333294589 The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 happened because of both the Fugitive Slave Clause and The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793. The Fugitive Slave Clause is in Article four of the constitution and states that both states and citizens in the United States must deliver runaway slaves back to their Slaveholders/Masters if the Masters request it. That clause got transformed into The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793. The 1793 Fugitive Slave Act was complained about by southerners because it wasn't well enforced. These complaints lead to The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. This law was better enforced and added more punishments to people who helped runaway slaves and more rewards to the agents that returned them to their owners. ]]> 2019-02-20 17:39:49 UTC https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/333294589 quinnsmith2025 https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/333770627 There was a pair of federal laws that allowed the capture of runaway slaves. The fugitive slave act of 1793 was proposed by congress which led to the 1850 fugitive slave act. The 1850 fugitive slave act made much more provisions to the runaway slaves, and much tougher punishments then the 1793 fugitive slave act. Some of the provisions in the 1850 slave act were denying the slaves the right to jury trial, interfering with the rendition to $1,000, and six months in jail. In order for this law to be enforced it was in the hands of federal commissioners. They were paid more for capturing slaves then freeing, this just shows that this law was biased towards the southern slaveholders. The fugitive slave acts were among the most debatable laws of the early 19th century. ]]> 2019-02-21 18:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/333770627 shainawolkenberg2025 https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/333771898 - The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was met with more criticism than the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793. This was odd because The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was meant to be a revised version of The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793. However, it also makes sense because it involved being harsher on the slaves. 

- The Fugitive Slave Acts Were some of the most controversial laws passed in the 19th century

- The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 didn't allow slaves or the people who protected the slaves the right to trial by jury ]]> 2019-02-21 18:02:24 UTC https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/333771898 shainawolkenberg2025 https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/334266155 Posters were hung around towns in the North to make sure everyone was aware of the newest slave laws.  This is a poster that was displayed in Boston, Massachusetts during the time of The Fugitive Slave Act. It warned african americans in Massachusetts to show caution when going places because they didn't want to be caught and taken to the south. ]]> 2019-02-22 18:14:33 UTC https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/334266155 quinnsmith2025 https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/334266952 The Fugitive slave act didn't really help America, because it was even more tense after the bill was proposed and it was one of the main reasons why the civil war started. ]]> 2019-02-22 18:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/334266952 shainawolkenberg2025 https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/334268562 People who would bring back slaves from the North to the South were offered many rewards. The sign below offered a prize of $100 to anyone who would catch and bring back a specific slave from the North. $100 was worth $3,000 in 1850! People who would bring back multiple slaves were offered even more money such as $150.]]> 2019-02-22 18:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/334268562 shainawolkenberg2025 https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/334271215 Inorder to make sure that The  1850 Fugitive Slave Act was enforced, the law also placed some individual cases in the hands of Federal Commissioners. Federal Commissioners were referred to as agents and would be paid for returning slaves to their owners. They were actually paid more to do this that they were to free suspected runaway slaves. This unfair payment led many people in the North to Argue that the law was biased in favor of the South. ]]> 2019-02-22 18:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/334271215 quinnsmith2025 https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/334273850 2019-02-22 18:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/334273850 shainawolkenberg2025 https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/334319648 We talk about the history of this in other sections but this section should go deeper into what happened before the 1850 law was passed. Minor laws and rules that regarded refugee slaves existed as far back as 1643. These rules were later enacted (Turned into bills then laws) in multiple of the original thirteen colonies. An example of one of these took place in 1705 when New York passed a law that helped prevent slaves from fleeing to Canada. Two other examples took place in Virginia and Maryland. The drafted laws to protect the capture and return of runaway slaves. However, by the time of the constitutional convention many Northern states had banned slavery. Due to these new laws in the Northern states, the Southern politicians were very concerned about slaves escaping to the North. So, the added the Fugitive Slave Clause to the Constitution. (Article 4, Section 2, Clause 3) It stated that slaves would not be released even if they escaped. They were to be brought back to their owners as soon as possible. Even though they created this clause, the Southerners plan hadn't quite worked. Another problem was that citizens in the North were starting to try to abolish slavery entirely. So, because of all the pressure from Southern lawmakers, Congress created The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 which was very similar to the Clause but went into more detail. It showed that when a slave was caught they had to be brought to court and someone had to prove that they were their property. This was met with a LOT of criticism and much action including in the North started to create safe houses for slaves. Some Northern states were so mad they created "Personal Liberty Laws" which allowed slaves a right to trial by jury. Then, in the 1850s, the underground railroad reached its peak. So, after all of this, Congress eventually created The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 to insure that all of the laws about runaway slaves were enforced and well handled. There were many riots and gatherings against this. It wasn't until June 28th 1864 that both The Fugitive Slave Acts were repealed. ]]> 2019-02-22 20:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/334319648 shainawolkenberg2025 https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/335012795 2019-02-25 18:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/shainawolkenberg2025/ea4tqvh76b6i/wish/335012795