Question

After the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act, many free African Americans
moved to California.
took jobs as railroad workers.
were enslaved in the South.
testified against slave hunters in court.

Answer 1

Answer:

The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by Congress on September 18, 1850. It represented a compromise between Southern states that owned slaves and Northern ones which desired freedom. It was an important precedent to the Civil War.

The act was extremely controversial, as it stated that all escaped slaves, if captured, had to be returned to their masters. It also forced the officials and citizens of free states to cooperate. This lead to many free African Americans becoming slaves in the South.

Answer 2

After the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act, many free African Americans (c) were enslaved in the South.

Explanation:

• The Fugitive Slave Acts were two federal statutes which permitted the capturing and deportation of fugitive slaves in US territory. The first Fugitive Slave Act was promulgated in 1793 by Congress. It allowed local authorities to take and return to their owners fugitives & imposed restrictions on those who abetted to the escape.
• Widespread opposition to the law of 1793 led to the introduction of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, introducing more clauses for the escape and imposing higher penalties for involvement in their incarceration. One of the most contentious laws of the early 19th century was Fugitive Slave Acts.
• A firestorm of outrage soon hit the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793. Northerners were shocked that their states would be turned into stalking grounds for cheap hunters, and several speculated that the law meant legalised kidnapping. Some abolitionists had formed underground groups & developed complex protection networks to support the escaping slaves to the North.
• Many northern States have actively failed to comply with the legislation because they refuse to be involved in slavery. Many also passed the supposed  'personal freedom legislation,' which granted the right of convicted persons to a jury case and also shielded free blacks, who had also been captured  &  sold in slavery by bounty hunters.

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