Essay On The Compromise Of 1850

“To retain such fugitive in his custody, and to remove him to the State whence he fled, and there to deliver him to said claimant.” Much of the slave population was feed up with being retained from the outside world. African Americans were discriminated because of the color of their skin, and then forced to do free labor under cruel conditions. So slave men then started to rebel against the laws of 1793, and started to make escape plans. They were running away from slavery, and running towards their own freedom. Some of the plans of escape were successful but some had failed. The North and South both had totally different perspectives on slavery. Due to a great division between the North and South, Congress passed The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, that was part of The Compromise of 1850, which forced citizens to assist in capturing fugitives and denied those the right to a fair jury trial.

The Fugitive Slave Act caused a great division between the North and South. The act clearly showed that it favored the South, and had no benefits for the North. So the North
It also had a impact on the North to want to end slavery even more than before. Since the North and South had such diverse perspectives and opinion on slavery it caused a great division in our country. The division between the North and South also caused a great amount of tension and led to The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. The South always had the upper hand during these times, and the North was just a shadow. African Americans had a extremely low chance of succeeding in court, because the cases were put under federal jurisdiction. They had no opportunity to a fair trial. This is when the slaves took a stand and stood up for what was right and run away from slavery to a chance of a free life that they encountered the Whites