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A #FugitiveSlaveAct passed Congress in 1850 on #ThisDayInHistory as part of the #CompromiseOf1850. It required officials and citizens of anti-slavery states return escapees, and was following by a new #liberal party (the #RepublicanParty) and to #BleedingKansas and the #CivilWar.
#OTD in #history, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the #UnitedStates #Congress...
The #FugitiveSlaveAct of 1850 (1850-1864) was part of the #Compromiseof1850, drafted to diffuse tensions between Southern 'slave states' and Northern 'free states.' The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 already allowed slaveholders to reclaim their fugitive slaves from #NorthernStates, but, since many Northerners were not inclined to help them in this, the 1793 law had little real power. Although one could be punished for not complying with the 1793 law, Northern police officers could refuse to make an arrest, and Northern judges could dismiss a case, as many saw the 'law' as legalized kidnapping. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 compelled Northern authorities, law enforcement, and ordinary citizens to report on fugitives and help slave catchers retrieve them.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 (as with the law of 1793) was extremely unpopular in the North. People who had never had to give much thought to the issue of slavery were now being forced to participate in it or face six months in prison and a fine of $1,000.00 (roughly $37,000.00 today). Many people in the North continued to shelter and help fugitive slaves (freedom seekers), and some, like #HarrietTubman (circa 1822-1913), took direct action in challenging the law.
In spring 1860, while visiting a cousin in Troy, New York, Tubman heard that a freedom seeker named Charles Nalle had been found by his master (who was also his brother) and would be deported back to the South. Tubman instantly took action, and her dramatic rescue of Nalle has become one of the best-known from her days as a conductor on #TheUndergroundRailroad. The response of the crowd supporting Tubman's rescue is also famous as a clear example of Northern resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
📝Read the full article by Joshua J. Mark on #WHE: https://t.co/gVXFtNetxl #Slavery #USCivilWar #AmericanHistory #SouthernStates #OnThisDay
#OTD 1850: In a speech to the Senate, #DanielWebster of Massachusetts endorsed the #Compromiseof1850 as a means of preserving the Union. He faced outrage from abolitionists and lost support from many of his New England colleagues. https://t.co/8CE6YlX2ci #USHistory
#OTD 1850: To the outrage of abolitionists and many of his New England colleagues, #DanielWebster of Massachusetts, endorsed the #CompromiseOf1850, in a speech to the US Senate, as a means to preserve the Union. https://t.co/tNIR1IOyho… #USHistory
#OTD 1850: In a 3-hour speech to the Senate, #DanielWebster of Massachusetts endorsed the #Compromiseof1850 as a means of preserving the Union. Abolitionists were outraged and Webster lost support from many of his New England colleagues. https://t.co/8CE6YlX2ci… #USHistory
Today in 1850-as part of the #Compromiseof1850-the USA officially admitted >160,000 square miles of West Coast territory, stretching from arid semi-desert lands near the Mexican border northwards to the evergreen forests of the Pacific Northwest, as the new state of #California.
Students are hard at work in discussing what states should actually be a free state and a slave state. What will the compromise be?
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#OTD 1850: To the outrage of abolitionists and many of his New England colleagues, #DanielWebster of Massachusetts endorsed the #CompromiseOf1850, in a speech to the US Senate, as a means to preserve the Union. https://t.co/tNIR1IOyho #USHistory
SEPT 18 1850: As part of the #CompromiseOf1850, Congress passed the #FugitiveSlaveAct. The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state; it also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.
#OTD 1850: In a 3-hour speech to the Senate, #DanielWebster of Massachusetts endorsed the #Compromiseof1850 as a means of preserving the Union. Abolitionists were outraged and Webster lost support from many of his New England colleagues. https://t.co/8CE6YlX2ci #USHistory
#OTD 1850: Kentucky Senator #HenryClay introduced eight resolutions which were later passed as five laws dealing with the issues of #slavery, and led to #California entering the Union as a free state. https://t.co/BT99z6KfFf #CompromiseOf1850 #USHistory
It's a modern day Fugitive Slave Act. Deputize the entire population and use a profit motive to oppress the group with less power.
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Just remember, #SCOTUS will rubber stamp this just like they did #DreddScott
Today in 1850-in an effort to defuse growing North-South tensions over the expansion of slavery into the western lands acquired in the recent war with Mexico-Senator #HenryClay of Kentucky went to the "well" of the Senate to introduce the #Compromiseof1850 into the U.S. Congress.
#APUSH today: the #Compromiseof1850, contributed to sectionalism (Monday’s 🐦!). It mainly dealt with slavery (admitting CA as a free state + abolishing the slave TRADE in Wash.; D.C.). Another important point was the Fugitive Slave Act (which you can hear more about NEXT MON.!)
#OTD 1850: Congress passed the #FugitiveSlaveAct1850, as part of the #CompromiseOf1850, requiring that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves
As part of the #Compromiseof1850, the USA officially admitted more than 160,000 square miles of West Coast territory, stretching from arid semi-desert lands near the Mexican border northwards to the evergreen forests of the Pacific Northwest, as the new state of #California.
#OTD 1850: In a speech to the Senate, #DanielWebster of Massachusetts endorsed the #Compromiseof1850 as a means of preserving the Union. He faced outrage from abolitionists and lost support from many of his New England colleagues. https://t.co/CH98xPu1Zy #Slavery #USHistory
#TBT to #HTDS Episode 39 (https://t.co/3pzAVdZYM3). This episode goes into the background of the #Compromiseof1850 and the Senate's reaction to it. It is also the episode with the #CaliforniaGoldRush in it, which (if we do say so) is #gold. ;)
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#OTD 1850: Kentucky Senator #HenryClay introduced eight resolutions which were later passed as five laws dealing with the issues of #slavery, and led to #California entering the Union as a free state. https://t.co/BT99z6KfFf #CompromiseOf1850 #USHistory #Twitterstorians
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January 29, 1850, Henry Clay presents to the Senate his Compromise of 1850. This proposal was meant to find a way to handle the issue of slavery and continued expansion.
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