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Fugitive Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act – 1850 The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850. This required that the citizens would have to assist in the recovery of slaves that had run away from their owners. The slaves would not get a trial and the act would be enforced much more since the start of this act. This was a disaster for the blacks already living in the north. They would eventually try to leave for Canada. -
Compromise of 1850
In 1850, Henry Clay wanted a compromise between the North and South. He wrote a set of resolutions, known as the Compromise of 1850, that he hoped would, “all questions and controversy between the free and slaves states, growing out of the subject of slavery” (Americans, p. 285). With his compromise, Clay wanted to give both the North and South something that would satisfy their wants. He proposed that California would become a part of the Union as a free state and stricter policies on fugitive
