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Fugitive slave laws
A poster dated April 24, 1851 warning black people in Boston to beware of authorities who acted as slave catchers
The Fugitive Slave Acts were two federal laws that concerned runaway slaves in the United States.[1] The two acts were passed in 1793 and in 1850. They required federal involvement in catching runaway slaves in Northern States.[2] The laws were designed to protect Southern slave owners.[3] They required those states and jurisdictions to help in the capture and delivery of fugitive slaves.[3] The laws were very unpopular in the North. They caused a great deal of resentment in the years leading up to the American Civil War.
- ↑ "Fugitive Slave Acts". History. A&E Television Networks, LLC. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ↑ Anthony J. Sebok, 'Judging the Fugitive Slave Acts', The Yale Law Journal, Vol. 100, No. 6 (April, 1991), p. 1835
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Earl Maltz. "Fugitive Slave Laws". Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Foundation for the Humanitie. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
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