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Slave Legeslation
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The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 was a congressional agreement that regulated the extension of Slavery in the United States for thirty years. Under the agreement, the territory of Missouri was admitted as a slave state, the territory of Maine was admitted as a free state, and the boundaries of slavery were limited to the same latitude as the southern boundary of Missouri, 36°30′ north latitude. -
Florida Slave Codes
Florida's slave code was designed to control both slaves and masters. Behind this ... southern legislators when drafting their state's slave code. -
Alabama Slave Codes
The Alabama Slave Codes of 1833 were passed during January of that year. It established laws for slaves concerning rules the must follow by slave owners, court trials, punishments, their whereabouts, and etc. These codes were later revised in 1852. -
Georgia Slave Codes of 1848
In 1848, the official slaves codes of the state of Georgia were published and put into action. The slave codes consist of three main articles that deal with capital offenses, prosecution of offenses, and correction of errors, pardon, execution, and costs. The laws, codes, and regulations treated the slaves and colored people in general as though they were not people of the United States. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was passed to retain the balance of power between slave and free states following American acquisition of new territory in the Mexican-American War. The compromise abolished the slave traden but not slavery. -
Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers. It required that all escaped slaves were, upon capture, to be returned to their masters and that officials and citizens of free states had to cooperate in this law. -
Alabama Slave Codes 1852
The Alabama Slave Codes of 1833 were revisited and edit making rules for slaves more stricter. -
Election of 1860
The practice of buying and subsequently owning humans for any number of uses; the purchased humans have no rights and are categorized as property. -
Confiscation Act of 1861
The Confiscation Act of 1861 was an act of Congress during the early months of the American Civil War permitting court proceedings for confiscation of any of property being used to support the Confederate independence effort, including slaves. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
A secret racist organization, formed in 1865, that worked to keep the freed men from voting after the Civil War.
