Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 said that anyone who helps conceal or shelter a fugitive from slavery is subject to --

• a hefty fine.

• a fine and imprisonment.

• being deputized.

• being arrested.

One of the main differences between the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was that the --

• Act of 1793 requires Northerners to turn in fugitives.

• Act of 1793 is taken more seriously than the Act of 1850.

• Act of 1850 has many provisions for enforcement.

• Act of 1850 makes all slaves fugitives.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.3

Section 4 of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 --

• gives the responsibility of dealing with fugitives to local communities.

• appoints federal commissioners.

• gives federal commissioners the right to decide the fugitive's fate.

• gives local courts the right to appoint commissioners.

Section 5 of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 names the --

• penalties faced by fugitives.

• penalties faced by Northerners who help slaves.

• penalties faced by federal marshals.

• problems caused by federal marshals.

What part of Section 5 of the Act of 1850 violates the rights of U.S. citizens?

• The deputized person could not refuse to help find fugitives.

• Marshals had to repay slave owners for slaves they lost.

• Marshals could be fined for refusing to serve a warrant.

• The commissioners were legally allowed to carry out their duties.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.8.4

Frederick Douglass objects to Section 6 of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 because --

• only slaves could defend each other.

• slaves are not allowed to testify in their own defense.

• it forces free blacks in the North to go to Canada.

• only deputies can testify against slaves.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.8

Which is one of the possible effects of Section 8 of the 1850 act?

• Since officials do not earn a salary, they do not do a good job.

• Officials become lazy because they are not paid well.

• The slave owners have more power than the government

• Officials are eager to catch fugitives because they are paid for each person they capture.

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CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.W.8.1B

Section 9 of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 says that fugitive slaves must --

• be returned to their owners.

• remain in custody in the North.

• pay their owners the price they are worth.

• be bought by people in the North.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

By its very existence, Section 9 of the Act of 1850 shows that --

• sometimes ordinary people used force to rescue fugitives.

• slaves were safer in the marshals' custody.

• almost no one cared about the slaves.

• slaves were often shot on sight.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.6

What pattern of organization is used in this selection?

• Comparison and contrast

• Enumeration only

• Enumeration and chronology

• Chronology only