What did some Northern states do to oppose the Fugitive Slave Act?
They passed personal liberty laws.
They ensured enslaved people had trials by jury.
They granted all escaped fugitives their freedom.
They elected members of the Free-Soil Party to Congress.
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Answer:
Contravening the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, which did not provide for trial by jury, Indiana (1824) and Connecticut (1828) enacted laws making jury trials for escaped slaves possible upon appeal. In 1840 Vermont and New York granted fugitives the right of jury trial and provided them with attorneys. After 1842, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act was a federal function, some Northern state governments passed laws forbidding state authorities to cooperate in the capture and return of fugitives. In the reaction to the Fugitive Slave Act contained in the Compromise of 1850, most Northern states provided further guarantees of jury trial, authorized severe punishment for illegal seizure and perjury against alleged fugitives, and forbade state authorities to recognize claims to fugitives. These laws were among the many assaults on states’ rights cited as a justification for secession by South Carolina in 1860.
Explanation:
Contravening the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, which did not provide for trial by jury, Indiana (1824) and Connecticut (1828) enacted laws making jury trials for escaped slaves possible upon appeal. In 1840 Vermont and New York granted fugitives the right of jury trial and provided them with attorneys. After 1842, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act was a federal function, some Northern state governments passed laws forbidding state authorities to cooperate in the capture and return of fugitives. In the reaction to the Fugitive Slave Act contained in the Compromise of 1850, most Northern states provided further guarantees of jury trial, authorized severe punishment for illegal seizure and perjury against alleged fugitives, and forbade state authorities to recognize claims to fugitives. These laws were among the many assaults on states’ rights cited as a justification for secession by South Carolina in 1860.
Answer:
The Fugitive Slave Act or the Fugitive Slave Law was passed by the United States Congress on the September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in the slavery and Northern Free-Soilers.
The Act was one of the most controversial elements of 1850 compromise and heightened Northern fears of the slave power conspiracy. It required that all escaped slaves, upon capture, be returned to slaver and that officials and citizens of the free states had to cooperate. Abolitionists nicknamed it "Bloodhound Bill", after the dogs that were also used to track down people fleeing from slavery.
The Act contributed to the growing polarization of country over the issue of slavery, and was one of the factors that led to Civil War.
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