1 Jan 1850 Jahr - Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 (P, E, S)

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There was intense lobbying for a stricter Fugitive Slave Act, and in 1850 Congress revised the act as a part of the Compromise of 1850. The new act compelled white citizens to capture and return runaway slaves and further denied slaves the right to trial by jury. It also increased the penalty for interfering with powers of slave owners to $1,000 to six-months imprisonment. The law caused abolitionists movement to increase the intensity of their campaigns, while many slaves escaping through the underground railroad was really high during this period.

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