Wisconsin Supreme Court Declares Fugitive Slave Law Unconstitutional Wisconsin APUSH Ryan Adams APUSH Mr. Menteer December 9‚ 2014 The Fugitive Slave Law was passed by Congress in 1850. This was part of The Compromise of 1850 between slave states and free states. At the time‚ there were many slaves that were escaping utilizing the help of the Underground Railroad and finding refuge in free states‚ although it’s possible the number was exaggerated by Southerners since there was no way to
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The political nature of slaves in the Antebellum South‚ and during the Civil War was something that was consistently argued‚ even at points until the modern day period. Slaves played the major role in their own emancipation and pushed the Union to move towards the notion of total emancipation. Because of slaves’ deliberate‚ knowledgeable‚ acts of resistance and rebellion‚ they were central to the outcome of the war. Often believed to be apolitical‚ or at the very least‚ infantilized‚ by some white
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Civil War‚ often times regarded as the most gruesome‚ and the most terrible war of all time. Why is the Civil War given so many names‚ one reason would be because it was a war against brothers. You would think that 9/11 and many other foreign attacks put a big mark in history‚ while they are tragic events‚ they were not as horrible as the Civil War. 9/11 managed to kill about 3‚000 Americans while the Civil War managed to kill 600‚000 solders. 4‚800 Confederate and Union solders lay dead on the battlefield
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The Civil War was the one bloodiest war in American history. But it was also arguably the most important war in America. It was a battle to end slavery and give African American the same life that a White American had. The war was fought between the North (against slavery) and South (for slavery). Abraham Lincoln was a very important part in the Civil War as he believed that slavery wasn’t right. And with his leadership‚ slavery would be no more in America. But it is what happens after the Civil War
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of the biggest reasons why the American Civil War began. The American Civil War started on April 12‚ 1861. The civil war went on for four years. It was caused by the disagreements over slavery and the states. The North and South both believed in different ideas. They did not agree on the same thing. This had an impact on both sides. The North didn’t believe in keeping slaves‚ while the South did believe in keeping slaves and wanted to have and keep the slaves that they could. This caused a lot of drama
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sacrificed for us to have better lives today even if it wasn’t by choice. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 is an epitome source of one of the obstacles that African-American slaves had to face. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 mandated that in which slaves were to escape they were obligated to return them to their masters upon discovery. Criminal sanctions were also given to those who‚ in any form helped any slaves’ runaway. This act also made any federal marshal or any other
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antebellum period‚ in the South of the United States‚ Africans were slaves that were considered property and could be purchased‚ traded‚ and inherited just like any other object. Slaves were denied their basic human rights. Although slavery was almost always a problem in the United States‚ with the Northerners being abolitionists and Southerners being pro-slavery‚ there were more events that eventually led to the start of a civil war. The annexation of Sumner and Lincoln’s election increased tensions
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Destiny is not a matter of chance‚ it’s a matter of choice and for the northern and southern states of the Union‚ they were marked for their destiny long before their war. In the years prior to the American Civil War‚ political and economic identity developed and took hold between the North and the South that helped lead to the conflict. Starting with the Conventional Era‚ and heading to the complete collapse of the union‚ there were many occasions where the north and south bumped heads. The north
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As in the Civil War was the result of irreconcilable between the North and Western regions on one hand and the South on the other was the issue of slavery. There was multiple reasons to it. To begin with the North did not have that much support from slavery. They suppose the difference in thought of slavery was not irreconcilable because with to quick of an financial development in America. Slavery increased due to the trades. The Slavery in the Civil War Era had a distinction over the issue of
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If you take a look at America’s history‚ you will see that the deadliest war was the Civil War. Spanning over 4 years and 600‚000 deaths‚ you may think that what was fought over was silly and that they could’ve simply prevented the war. The supposed “silly” thing that was fought over was slavery. Sure‚ maybe it could’ve been prevented if slavery wasn’t a big part of America‚ but it certainly was not preventable when it was an economic‚ political‚ and social issue. When slavery is the backbone for
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