(HIST-1877) Sources 12.2 & 12.3
How does Millard Fillmore define the men who assisted in the escape of fugitive slaves?
Criminals
What does Fillmore's position imply about the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law?
Fraudulent enforcement of the law is unlikely to be prosecuted
What does the Fugitive Slave Law say about slavery in the United States in the 1850s?
It was an increasingly divisive issue between slave owners and abolitionists
On what grounds did the Colored Citizens of Boston oppose the Fugitive Slave Law?
The Fifth Amendment
What was the only way for free blacks to avoid the Fugitive Slave Law according to this resolution?
Vigilant self defense