USA Law

Tag: Slave Laws

  • Fugitive Slave Law Of 1793

    Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 in the United States Fugitive Slave Laws The Constitution and the Law of 1793 Introduction to Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 Aware that the northern states might become havens of refuge for escaped slaves, South Carolina’s delegates at the Constitutional Convention […]

  • Fugitive Slave Law Of 1850

    Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 in the United States Fugitive Slave Laws The Law of 1850 Introduction to Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 In an attempt to lay the issue to rest, Congress enacted a law in 1850 that created commissioners under federal court appointment to adjudicate fugitive cases. They […]

  • Fugitive Slave Laws

    Fugitive Slave Laws in the United States Introduction to Fugitive Slave Laws Fugitive Slave Laws, acts passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850, intended to facilitate the recapture and extradition of runaway slaves and to commit the federal government to the legitimacy of holding […]

  • Resistance To Fugitive Slave Laws

    Resistance to Fugitive Slave Laws in the United States Fugitive Slave Laws Northern Resistance to the Laws Introduction to Resistance to Fugitive Slave Laws Owing to northern resentments, the acts of 1793 and 1850 faced legal challenges, primarily in the form of jurisdictional disputes over […]