AP Success - AP US History: Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 attempted to mend the political and social fractures between Northern and Southern States.
Section 7 …any person who shall knowingly and willingly obstruct, hinder, or prevent [the slave owner] from arresting such a fugitive from service or labor…or attempt to rescue, such fugitive from service or labor…or shall aid, abet, or assist such person…directly or indirectly, to escape from [the slaveowner]...or shall harbor or conceal such fugitive, so as to prevent the discovery and arrest of such person, after notice or knowledge of the fact that such person was a fugitive from service or labor…shall, for either of said offences, be subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisonment not exceeding six months, by indictment and conviction before the District Court of the United States for the district in which such offence may have been committed…
Fugitive Slave Act, 1850. The Avalon Project. Yale Law School.
Question 1
Briefly identify one way the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 restricted residents of non-slaveholding states.
Question 2
Briefly compare one way in which the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was similar to or different from the Missouri Compromise.
Question 3
Briefly explain one effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 on the abolitionist movement.
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