Talk:Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
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Note that the Slave states had little problem with this violation of state's rights, one of the purported reasons for their succession and the establishment of the Confederate States of America, since it was pro-Slavery.
Does anyone but me think that some people in the north would have actually helped with the catching of the slaves?
yea your the only one
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[edit] Two different laws split them
Split the 18th and 19th century laws. --Rakista 05:39, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
How do I revert vandal edits properly and sign them? As in, "Reverted edits by user ___ to last revision by user ___." Thanks! Red1 18:30, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
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- go to the History page and look for the last good version. Click on it (a warning sign will appear that you are editing an old version), then save that older version, adding a comment to subject line explaining you are reverting vandfalism. Rjensen 01:00, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Expand
The legislative history of this law, as well as a rundown on the voting, needs to be included. Until this has been done, then please don't remove the {{expand}} tag. --Zantastik talk 07:29, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Edit
The slaves were given a mock-trial, its just that the commissioner was given $10 if he sent the slave home and $5 if he declared his freedom. It was because of this that many free blacks were claimed by slave hunters. wburglett 5:55 7 May 2007 GMT -5
[edit] Slaves Escaping to Canada
The text suggests that only a few hundred slaves made it to Canada in the 1850s. This does not match the Underground Railroad article, which suggests several thousand escaped slaves made it to Canada. I took out "Only a few hundred runaways made it to Canada in the 1850s." until the two articles can be reconciled. Agoodall 20:46, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Background
The last line of paragraph one in this section has a gross inaccuracy. it states, "It sought to force the authorities in free states to return fugitive slaves to their masters. In practice, however, the law was rarely enforced." The last segment of "... the law was rarely enforced.", is not true. Not only was the law regularly, and eagerly enforced, it was also profitable by reason anyone returned as a fugitive slave, whether they were fugitive or not, were bought back at $10.00 a person. It became a source of income for low income whites in the north who had racist attitudes of hate toward the Blacks of the time in their city/area, and it also created a new industry of slave bounty hunters. If you don't know what you are talking about when it comes to Black people(Afrimericans)in America, and American History, you should refrain from the acts of pretending to know, doing such is covert racism exposed. AFRIMERICAN August 28, 2007
