Frederick Douglass for Kids by Nancy I. Sanders

Author:Nancy I. Sanders [Sanders, Nancy I.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2012-12-16T08:00:00+00:00

A National Crisis

In 1850 there was a crisis so sudden and so shocking that it rocked the entire nation. A new law was passed as part of the Compromise of 1850. This law, the Fugitive Slave Act, affected Frederick Douglass and the free blacks living in America, changing their lives in countless ways.

In essence, the Fugitive Slave Law declared, “No trial by jury for fugitives!” “No fugitive may testify in his own defense!” “One white man’s word is all it takes to send a supposed fugitive into slavery!”

The lives of many men, women, and children throughout the northern states were in danger as never before. Countless fugitives had settled successfully in the North. Now they were no longer safe even in their own beds at night. Any black person—fugitive or not—could be arrested, claimed to be a runaway slave, then sent down South without a fair trial.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.