Fugitive+Slave+Law

The Fugitive Slave Law The Fugitive Slave Law was a law that said all escaped slaves, even if they reached the North and the Free states, had to be returned to their owners in the South. This law was passed in 1850 by the United States Congress; it was part of a compromise called the Compromise of 1850. The Fugitive Slave Law is sometimes referred to as the Fugitive Slave Act but it still had the same effect on our country. This law was greatly appreciated in the South but caused nothing but anger to the abolitionists in the North.

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 * Scott Foresman Social Studies __Building__ __ a Nation __ on page number 478
 * http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2951.html
 * http://www.usconstitution.net/fslave.html