The Abolishment Of Slavery In The Northern States

Slavery was established in America before its independence was. Throughout the country, the act of abusing black men, women, and children for the selfish reasons slave owners had was prominent and popular. Gradually, however, slavery died out in the Northern states. What started as a minute detail some people may have noticed was solidified when Abraham Lincoln was elected President as a Republican, a party that strongly fought to abolish slavery in the country. Immediately, Southern slave owners felt threatened and frightened at the thought that the institution of slavery may be diminished during Lincoln's term.

Slavery was not as easy to get rid of in the South as it was in the North. For some reason, the abolishment of slavery
So, in response, the Fugitive Slave Act was created. The Fugitive Slave Act forced Northerners to find potential slaves that had escaped and turn them in. If this was not done and it was discovered that someone had assisted the slave in escaping, there would be severe punishments for the people involved. This involuntarily pulled Northerners back into a fight they did not want to participate in and threatening them to conform to what the Southerners wanted. Nevertheless, Congress passed the bill in 1850 as a portion of the Compromise of 1850. Another obstacle was that if a slave was found in the free states, they were to be captured (with help of the Fugitive Slave Act) and trialed to determine if they were considered free or a slave. This became a very fuzzy and ineffective process. People could often find any black person in the North and turn them in. There were also people appointed as "slave catchers" by the Government to specifically go out and search for potential escapees and turn them into the court. They were celebrated if they successfully found an escapee. Once the slave was put on trial, the jury, the Slave Commissioners, were to determine if the black person was
Materialistically, slaves were responsible for collecting and planting groups, which evolved into working in textile factories and creating clothing for all people. Slavery helped the businesses in the South thrive. Culturally, slavery was not accepted within white households but they were open about their cultures from their home countries with the other slaves that lived on that plantation. Dances, clothing styles, and literacy tactics were all things that were shared with slaves in the South. When it came to impacting the lives of white southerners, slavery did not have a lot of leeways to change Southern lifestyles intentionally. However, throughout the institution of slavery, people like Frederick Douglass were able to build relationships with their slave owners that were not based on abuse and eventually helped people get a different viewpoint on slavery and the impact it had on the slaves as well as the families who owned the