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While many viewed the owning slaves as immoral, it was not illegal for a slave owner to run president. Several presidents also owned slaves.

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Could slave owners run for president?

Yes, they could. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington are two examples of slave owners successfully running for president. A slave owner had just as much right to run for president you or me, but in order to even hope of winning they would need to know a lot about government and politics.


How did slave owners in kansas run plantations?

no they did not


Why did slave owners whip their slaves?

Slave owners whipped their slaves as a form of punishment, to maintain control and instill fear. It was a method used to exert power and enforce obedience among the enslaved population.


What did southerners believe gave them the right to retrieve runaway slaves?

Its because in 1850 congress passed the Fugative Slave Act, which stated that all slave owners had the right to retrieve run away slaves.


What did Thomas Clarkson do to abolish slavery?

He phoned his brother - Jeremy Clarkson and told him to run all of the slave owners over. Jeremy thought that this job was too big to do by himself so he got Richard Hammond and James may to help him. In the end all of the slave owners got squashed and no one dared to kidnap a slave again.


Is it illegal for ordained people to run for office?

(in the US) No. I believe we've even had (an) ordained president(s)


How come a President can only serve 4 terms?

Until 1940 the reason was that no president had the desire and audacity to run for more than two terms. After 1951, the reason is that the 22nd amendment to the US Constitution makes it illegal for a president to run for more that 2 terms.


Was Frederick Douglass a freed slave or a run away slave?

Frederick Douglass was a freed slave. He escaped slavery and went on to become a prominent abolitionist, writer, and speaker.


Which law made helping run away slaves a crime?

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 made it a federal crime to assist slaves in escaping to freedom. This law required citizens to assist in capturing and returning escaped slaves to their owners.


Should a president run for three times why?

No because I believe one man could have to much power. It's illegal, the 22nd amendment states a President can only serve two terms


Why couldn't slaves run away?

they have basically a receipt of being sold, unless their owner frees the slave he or she may go. Plus, when you got caught escaping it was under the owners legal authority to kill you.


Was the under ground railroad under ground?

no it wasn't i was just a secret code. No, the Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad. It was called "underground" because slave owners could never find out how or when slaves escaped. The slave owners claimed it must be underground since they could never see the slaves run off; however, the Underground Railroad was just extremely sneaky and never was underground.