The law requiring citizens to help catch runaway enslaved people was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. It allowed for the capture and return of escaped slaves even in free states, supporting the institution of slavery by compelling individuals in free states to assist in the capture and return of escaped slaves.
DisobediencePretend not to understand their owners!Damage things on purpose.Coded messages!=D
The underground railroad helped enslaved individuals escape to free states or Canada. Slave codes were laws that restricted the movement and rights of enslaved people, making escape difficult. The network operated in secret, using coded language and hidden routes to assist in the escape of thousands of enslaved individuals.
Dred Scott claimed he was no longer enslaved because he had been taken to live in free territories where slavery was prohibited. He argued that his time in those territories should have made him a free man under the principle of "once free, always free."
After gaining his freedom from slavery, Venture Smith purchased land and started a successful farm in Connecticut. He also worked to buy the freedom of his wife and children, and became an advocate for abolition and the rights of formerly enslaved people.
they took their whip
They used wagons and riverboats
The system of secret escape routes that led enslaved people to free lands was called the Underground Railroad. It was a network of safe houses, abolitionists, and hidden routes that helped enslaved individuals escape to free states or Canada. The network operated in the United States before the Civil War.
every 5 enslaved people would count as 3 free persons in terms of representation and taxation.
The term, "Emancipate" refers to people, not just slaves, gaining freedom.
The term, "Emancipate" refers to people, not just slaves, gaining freedom.
She wanted slaves like herself to be free.
apraham lincoln
They were both treated badly, and people were still racist towards them.
because they want the people enslaved in the south to be free...
North Carolina
ITS CAPTUREDAdded: Enslaved