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Fugitive Slave Act

Fugitive Slave Act. Part of the Compromise of 1850 Federal law which required the return of runaway slaves, no matter where they were captured Escaping to a free state would not protect them. Georgia Platform. Many Georgians opposed the Compromise of 1850

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Fugitive Slave Act

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  1. Fugitive Slave Act • Part of the Compromise of 1850 • Federal law which required the return of runaway slaves, no matter where they were captured • Escaping to a free state would not protect them

  2. Georgia Platform

  3. Many Georgians opposed the Compromise of 1850 • Felt Southern rights were not being protected • General Assembly met

  4. What Georgia’s Platform said: • Georgia would accept the Compromise of 1850 • North to honor the Fugitive Slave Act • North would stop trying to ban slavery in new territories and states-Georgia would decide for itself the issue of slavery • If not-Georgia secession was a possibility

  5. QUICK QUIZ The Georgia Platform was a statement supporting A. states’ rights B. popular sovereignty C. the Compromise of 1850 D. slavery throughout the United States

  6. Dred Scott The Dred Scott Decision • A Segment of: Federal Government: The Supreme Court

  7. Dred Scott

  8. Dred Scott • Dred Scott a Missouri slave He had lived with his master in the free state Illinois for a period of time Sued for his freedom He appealed to the Supreme Court

  9. Supreme Court Ruling • When Constitution written slaves were property and didn’t have rights • Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional because it limited people’s right to own property (slaves) • Dred Scott lost • Further divided the North and South

  10. Who’s rights were greater? Those of the states? or the Federal government?

  11. Dred Scott • A Segment of: The American Civil War: The Causes of War

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