Essays on Fugitive Slave Law

Fugitive Slave Act was a couple of federal legislations that allowed for the incarceration and return of runaway fugitives within the territory of the US. Initially, the Congress enacted the Fugitive Slave Act in 1793 that empowered the local governments to capture and return the slaves who have escaped from their owners and impose penalties to people who aided the escape of the slaves. The extensive resistance to the 1973 legislation later spurred the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.The new law further complicated issues by imposing harsher punishments for the people who were interfering with the ...

Post U.S. – Mexican War through 1870’s

When the US – Mexican War (1846 – 1848) was over, the territory of the USA increased for almost 30%, as a part of the Mexican territory became the US land. The territory of the USA expended, but some critical issues raised; they were connected with the governing of the new territories and, basically, the questions about slavery. The main concern was between the North and the South. “The Northern Whigs and Abolitionists feared the attempts to plant cotton in the new territory. Slaveholders feared that the slavery would be banned and they would ...

The 1800’s were a time for high growth and success for the United States. Yet, throughout the 1840’s and the 1850’s, a rift between the Southern and the Northern United States started to develop. During this period, the North and the South developed different social, economical, as well as political values. These social, economy and political differences set forth the stage for Civil War. This paper aims to explore some the economic, social and political differences between the North and the South that eventually led to the Civil war. The South had for long relied on cotton ...