Fugitive Slave Act & Resistance
Examine the controversial Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and the various forms of resistance it provoked.
Key Questions
- Explain the provisions of the Fugitive Slave Act and its impact on free African Americans.
- Analyze how the act intensified abolitionist sentiment in the North.
- Differentiate between legal and extralegal forms of resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act.
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