Fugitive And Homestead Act by Rachel Trout

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Fugitive And Homestead Act

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

FUGITIVE SLAVE AND HOMESTEAD ACT:

HISTORY: BY RACHEL, KENNETH, ZACH, JACOB, HUNTER, JACKSON, ANDREW

FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT:

PASSED BY THE U.S. CONGRESS.

ON SEPTEMBER 28,1850

WAS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL ELEMENTS

OF THE 1850 COMPROMISE.

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IT REQUIRED THAT ALL ESCAPED SLAVES

WERE UPON CAPTURE AND RETURNED TO THEIR MASTERS.

NICKNAMED THE LAW THAT DOGS WERE USED TO FIND RUNAWAY SLAVES.

BLOODHOUND LAW.

EVENT THAT LED UP TO IT.

SLAVES WERE RUNNING AWAY.

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IF ANY PERSON AIDED A RUNAWAY SLAVE

THEY WERE PUT IN PRISON FOR 6 YEARS.

HOMESTEAD ACT:

SETTLERS OBTAINED LAND BY

LIVING ON IT AND IMPROVING IT.

WAS SIGNED BY ABE LINCOLN

ANYONE WHO HASNT TAKEN ARMS AGAINST THE GOV. AND WAS 21 OR OLDER

OR THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY GOT A LAND GRANT.

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WAS A LAW IN 1862

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