At the end of this assignment you will find the text of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. Read through the Act and chapter 10 of your textbook, and then consider the following questions:
1) Why was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 created?
2) Suppose an escaped slave should flee from his or her state to a Territory, which was not a
state. Could this be a way for the slave to escape his or her master successfully? Please explain your answer.
3) How could an escaped slave and someone opposed to slavery manage to subvert the Act?
4) Consider the Fugitive Slave Law in the context of the time in which it was created. Do you
thing this Act was good or bad for the United States? Please explain.
Now, write a paper of no less than 1,000 words total that addresses each of the questions (NOT 1,000 words per question – the entire paper must be at least 1,000 words).
*** Be sure to draw upon and restrict your research to each of the following sources:
the textbook
the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
