1. Defying the System of Slavery By: Melanie Roberts & Carolina Campos

2. The Fugitive Slave Act The fugitive slave act was a component of the Compromise of 1850. A statement by a slave owner was all that was required to have a slave returned

3. Cont. Federal commissioners charged with enforcing the law were to receive a $10 fee if they returned an alleged fugitive, but only $5 if they freed him/her Anyone convicted of helping an alleged fugitive was subject to a fine of $1,000, imprisonment for 6 months, or both

4. The North Resist the Law Some Northerners set up vigilance committees to send endangered African Americans to safety in Canada Nine Northern sates passed personal liberty laws, which forbade the imprisonment of runaway slaves and guaranteed that they would have jury trials Northern lawyers would drag these trials out to increase slave catchers' expenses

5. The Underground railroad The underground railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe house used by black slaves in the USA to escape to a free state A lot of people were involved in the underground railroads.

6. Underground railroad cont. It was a big risk going from the South to the North because they traveled by foot and only had natural signs like the North Star to guide them They took a big risk of their life helping the slaves be free.

8. Harriet Tubman Tubman was one of the most famous conductors She was born a slave in 1820 and stayed a slave until the death of her owner until 1849 She made 19 trips back to the South to help free slaves and helped rescue around 300 slaves http://www.history.com/shows/ america-the-story-of- us/videos/harriet-tubman-and- the-underground- railroad#harriet-tubman-and- the-underground-railroad

9. Harriet Beecher Stowe Published Uncles Toms Cabin Her brother was an abolitionist so she was against slavery Uncles toms cabin was the bestseller during the 1850's with over a million copies sold It stirred strong reactions from the North and South

10. Uncles Tom's Cabin This story delivered the message that slavery was not just a political contest but also a great moral struggle in response, Northern abolitionists increased their protest against the Fugitive Slave Act Southerners criticized it as an attack on the South as a whole "If I must be sold, or all the people on the place, and everything go to rack, why, let me be sold. I s'pose I can b'ar it as well as any on 'em." - Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Ch. 5

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