Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affectedArea	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:allows	commissioners to decide cases
gptkbp:category	gptkb:United_States_federal_law gptkb:Slavery_in_the_United_States 1850 in American law
gptkbp:commissionersPaid	$10 for ruling in favor of slaveholder, $5 otherwise
gptkbp:controversy	increased tensions between North and South
gptkbp:dateEnacted	September 18, 1850
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy	federal marshals
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
gptkbp:influenced	literature such as Uncle Tom's Cabin
gptkbp:ledTo	increased activity on the Underground Railroad
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:abolitionist
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Compromise_of_1850
gptkbp:penalty	officials who did not arrest alleged runaway slaves
gptkbp:penaltyForAssistingFugitives	fines and imprisonment
gptkbp:powers	slaveholders' rights
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1793
gptkbp:prohibits	alleged fugitives the right to a jury trial
gptkbp:purpose	to provide for the return of enslaved people who escaped from one state into another
gptkbp:repealedBy	gptkb:Act_of_June_28,_1864 June 28, 1864
gptkbp:requires	citizens to assist in the capture of fugitive slaves
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
gptkbp:triggeredBy	personal liberty laws in Northern states
gptkbp:weakness	rights of accused fugitives
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:The_Underground_Railroad
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4