History Dbq

DBQ During the time span of 1776-1852, the opposition of slavery grew in the United States. There were many reasons for this to happen for example, the Fugitive Slave Laws were passed. Some people tried to fight slavery by holding groups or by having an escape route for slaves. However there were some people that saw slavery as no problem because of their belief and even states had slavery debates. In 1793 congress passed the Fugitive Slave Laws. This law allowed the return of slaves that escaped to their area. With this law came another with rules like if someone was caught helping slaves escape there would be fined and runaway slaves were banned to testify on their behalf in court. The fugitive slave laws were taken very seriously by many. Even with the laws that forbid slaves escaping, there were still people that helped with the escaping of slaves. Harriet Tubman was of the most famously known person to help slaves escape to freedom by crating the Underground Railroad. Slaves however were not the only people in danger. In 1851, a street poster was printed and hung every stating that any African American could be taken. African Americans were advised not to socialize with officers and that watchmen and officers could act as kidnapper/ slave catchers and take them.The American Anti-slavery society was formed to persuade many to end slavery. The Anti-slavery society said they would make groups to encourage the ending of slavery (E). There were so many arguments on slavery, many states had problems but there were some people didn’t even really see it as a major problem. In 1777-1804 by state law New York(1799), New Jersey(1804), Rhode Island(1784), Pennsylvania(1780) and Connecticut(1784) experienced early emancipation and by state constitution Maine(1780), Vermont(1777), New Hampshire(1783), Massachusetts(1780) experienced early emancipation(A). However some people didn’t think slavery was such a big deal. The Apologist view of Slavery saw nothing wrong