The+Fugitive+Slave+Act-Sami


 * [[image:http://www.alaska.net/%7Eakpac/historyproject/historyproject_resources/spacer.gif width="7" height="7" align="bottom"]]The Fugitive Slave Act was passed in congress in 1850, this was intended to capture runaway slaves and get the federal government to hold property in slaves. The north and south people disagreed with the Fugitive Slave Act for different reasons, that is where controversy grew. Many states decided to pass Personal Liberty Laws these laws went against the Fugitive Slave Act by stopping officials who were trying to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act.[[image:http://www.alaska.net/%7Eakpac/historyproject/historyproject_resources/spacer.gif width="7" height="7" align="bottom"]] ||