the Fugitive Slave Act

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf law
gptkbp:allows slave catchers
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Dred_Scott_decision
gptkbp:causedBy abolitionists
gptkbp:consequences harboring escaped slaves
gptkbp:controversy Northern_states'_opposition
gptkbp:enactedBy 1850
1864
gptkbp:encouraged legal challenges
gptkbp:enforces federal government
gptkbp:historicalSignificance legal framework for slavery
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label the Fugitive Slave Act
gptkbp:impact African_American_community
gptkbp:influenced public opinion on slavery
gptkbp:influencedBy Compromise of 1850
gptkbp:isChallengedBy courts
Northern abolitionists
free blacks
gptkbp:isCitedIn gptkb:Congress
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor freedom advocates
gptkbp:isExaminedBy historical studies
federal marshals
gptkbp:isFacilitatedBy in its enforcement
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy shaping abolitionist movements
gptkbp:isVisitedBy Thirteenth Amendment
gptkbp:keyLegislation related to slavery
gptkbp:ledTo gptkb:Underground_Railroad
Civil War tensions
increased abolitionist activity
fugitive slave trials
gptkbp:partOf Compromise of 1850
gptkbp:raisesAwarenessAbout North-South_relations
gptkbp:relatedTo slavery
abolitionism
gptkbp:requires citizens to assist in capture
gptkbp:resultedIn personal liberty laws
gptkbp:sparked protests and riots
gptkbp:targets escaped slaves
gptkbp:wasAffecting state laws
civil liberties
human rights advocacy
interstate relations
legal interpretations of freedom
African_American_rights
gptkbp:wasFoundedIn the_rise_of_the_Republican_Party
gptkbp:wasPartOf the sectional conflict
American_history
gptkbp:wasSupportedBy slave owners
Southern_states