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    by talking about the seizure of fugitive slaves who had lived for years in a community and how this disrupted the lives of ‚ not only themselves‚ but of there families and of the community as well. The capture of fugitive slaves also caused the seizure of many free slaves in the north. The US constitution was proslavery but left many issues unanswered about the relationship of the US and slavery. For the first decade the US had to deal with many issues such as slave trade‚ slavery in the territories

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    The author of The Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada is Benjamin Drew who was also a Boston abolitionist. He interviewed a large amount of ex-slaves who had escaped into Canada from northern America‚ so the document is considered as a primary source. After he collected all the information that the ex-slaves offered‚ he compiled and published this book. The author wanted to change northern slaveholders’ perspectives to slaves through demonstrating that the slaves in southern were treated better

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    Wisconsin Supreme Court Declares Fugitive Slave Law Unconstitutional Wisconsin APUSH Ryan Adams APUSH Mr. Menteer December 9‚ 2014 The Fugitive Slave Law was passed by Congress in 1850. This was part of The Compromise of 1850 between slave states and free states. At the time‚ there were many slaves that were escaping utilizing the help of the Underground Railroad and finding refuge in free states‚ although it’s possible the number was exaggerated by Southerners since there was no way to

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    Fugitive Denim

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    imFugitive Denim- Reflection Statement and Discussion During last week’s group discussion‚ we provided a brief introduction to the book. Part 1- provides an interesting framework for understanding issues with strong economic‚ political and business ties. Provide a 1 page synopsis of the global markets‚ apparel and textile industries and the major implications as a result of the WTO major trade decisions. Be sure to include your insight on the situation as presented within the first section of the

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    understand one of the most prominent laws that affected the people of the United States‚ the history of where it began needs to be understood. The history of the second Fugitive Slave Act goes back to 1793 when the first Fugitive Slave Act was enacted by Congress‚ accrediting local governments to seize and return fugitive slaves to their owners and enforced penalties on anyone who aided in their flight. The law stated that “no person held to service of labor in one state‚ under the laws thereof‚

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    Compromise of 1850

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    THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 A little after the Manifest Destiny‚ the U.S. faced a series of troubles of sectional balances over whether or not the land acquired should be free or slavery states. The Compromise of 1850‚ proposed by Senator Henry Clay‚ included measures that dealt with the land acquired specifically from the Mexican War. Until 1845‚ it had seemed likely that slavery would be confined to the areas where it already existed. It had been given limits by the Missouri Compromise in 1820 and

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    1850s DBQ Between 1850 and 1861‚ underlying issues and events brought about discord and tension in the United States. These issues revolved around the radically different views on morality‚ from the North’s views to the South’s. The tensions stemmed from views and understandings of the Constitution’s purpose and uses being in opposition to the viewpoint of the other territory. The tensions caused by the differing beliefs were slowly built up since the American Revolution. Slavery‚ being an established

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    The Compromise of 1850

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    Compromise of 1850 was effective for the southern states even though California was a slave free state in 1849 when California joined the union. (1) Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois managed to push this agreement for California to enter the Union as a free state but there were concessions made to slave owners about other acquisitions. (1)With this result the people in the southern states felt a relief of tension and a cause for celebration. This gave the southerners the right to retain slaves in those

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    Compromise of 1850 The Compromise of 1850 was made in 1850‚ to help the problem of California being turned into a free or slave state. In order to please the North‚ it proposed California would be admitted as a free state and the slave trade would be abolished in Washington D.C. In order to please the South it proposed that Congress would not pass laws regarding slavery for the rest of the territories won from Mexico‚ and Congress would pass a stronger law to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves. Senator

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    Throughout the African Slave Trade there have been many significant events that happened during 1450-1850. Three of which I will be elaborating on in this topic. The middle passage was the first key event in which Africans were shipped to the New World. The slave treatment and resistance of African men and women who were considered less than human was the second key event. The Fugitive Slave Law which allowed recapture of slaves was the third key event. The Middle Passage was the first step

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