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3/5 compramise
3/5 compromise,1787, The three fifths compromise was a compromise that made a salve worth three fifths of a free white person.
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SLAVERY ACTS AND CODES
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Fugitive slave act
- Fugitive slave act. The fugitive slave act was a federal law that allowed slave owners, their agents or attorneys to seize fugitive slaves in free states and territories. This laws makes it illegal for anyone to help a slave escape to freedom or give a runaway slave refuge. This law was important because it created a compromise in order to keep the northern and southern states satisfied.
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code 1793
The code of 1793 was a code that forbids free blacks from entering certain states. This was important, because people asked if these free black men could go to any state. -
slave trade act
Slave Trade Act 1794, (the forfeiture attaches, where the original voyage is commenced in the United States, whether the vessel belong to citizens or foreigners, and whether the act is done suo jure, or by an agent, for the benefit of another person who is not a citizen or resident of the United States.) -
Code 1800
- Virginia code of 1800. The state of Virginia passes a law forbidding African-American to assemble between sunset and it arise for religious worship or for instruction. This code was important because it allowed Virginia to keep control and order with the salves.
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missouri compramise
The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories. It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. To balance the number of "slave states" and "free states," the northern region of what was then Massachusetts was admitted into the union. -
The Mississippi Act
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code 1833
Alabama, 1833, section 31 - "Any person or persons who attempt to teach any free person of color, or slave, to spell, read, or write, shall, upon conviction thereof by indictment, be fined in a sum not less than two hundred and fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars."Alabama, 1833, section 32 - "Any free person of color who shall write for any slave a pass or free paper, on conviction thereof, shall receive for every such offense, thirty-nine lashes on the bare back, and leave. -
Compramise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a compromise that consisted with five parts. This was significant because Texas was added to the union, California entered the union as a free state, slave trade in D.C. was put to an end, four new states entered the union, and the Fugitive Slave Law of 1793 was replaced with a better, enhanced policy. -
Black codes
The Black Codes were laws in the United States after the Civil War with the effect of limiting the civil rights and civil liberties of blacks. "Black Codes" is used most often to refer to legislation passed by Southern states at the end of the Civil War to control the labor, migration unduly-freed slaves.
