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passed on september 18,1850 by congress this law was part of the compromise 1850 the act requied that slaves be returned to their ownres even if they were in a free state the act also made th federal govrnment responsible for finding returing and trying escaped slaves what was the name of this act
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JudyPrior to 1850, an escaped slave was safe once he or she crossed the Ohio River into the North. In 1850, however, we passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which provided rights to slave owners. If they were able to track down their escaped slave, anywhere in the United States, North or South, they had the right to drag them back. This changed things for anyone trying to escape, making Canada the only sancturary within "reasonable" access. Queen Victoria, on the throne in England, had outlawed slavery in her realm long before this. Detroit, Michigan became an important destiination on the Underground Railroad as a result of the Fugitive Slave Act. If you look at a map of the US, imagine that you are going to try to walk from any Southern state to Canada. You will see why Detroit was so attractive. Many many slaves walked to Detroit, with the aid of the Underground Railroad, and escaped to Canada. There is a monument at the Detroit River that memorializes the struggle that these brave people made to achieve freedom. If you cross over the rive to Windsor, Canada, there is a "sister" monument there, too. I tried to cut and paste some photos into this reply, but I don't think I can. I am sure you can find them on the Intenet if you search.
Congress's attempt to settle several outstanding issues involving slavery; banned the slave trade, but not slavery in Washington, D.C.; admitted California as a free state; applied popular sovereignty to the remaining Mexican Cession territory; settled the Texas-New Mexico boundary dispute; and passed a stricter Fugitive Slave Act, which stated that all runaway slaves had to be returned to owners.
The Missouri Compromise of 1850 was a significant event in US history. The compromise was designed to keep the number of free states and slave states in an equal balance. It did so, and avoided a major crisis that averted armed conflict. As part of the compromise, the controversial law called the Fugitive Slave Act was passed.
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Which act violated the Missouri compromise?
the kansas nebraska act, of the compromise of 1850
Henry clay's compromise became known as what?
The Missouri Compromise The Compromise of 1850 The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
How did the compromise of 1850 affect California?
It allowed California to join the USA as free soil. But to get this law passed, Congress had to make a big show of appeasing the South by enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act, which was enormously unpopular in the North, arousing new interest in Abolitionism.
When was the great compromise of 1850?
As its name suggests, it was in 1850! This was when California was coming up for admission to the USA. It was too big to fit the terms of the Missouri Compromise. That's why they needed a new deal.
What didn't help save the Compromise of 1850?
President Taylor's death
