Protesting Slavery Aim: How did some citizens take action to protest slavery? Do Now: What was the Compromise of 1850?

The Compromise of 1850 California becomes a state Tipping the balance of slave and free states The compromise California would be a free state No laws regarding slavery for the rest of the territories won from Mexico Law to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves

The Fugitive Slave Act Runaway slaves to the north must be returned to south If help fugitive, than go to jail A moral choice Obey the law or break the law to oppose slavery?

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Protesting Slavery Aim: How did some citizens take action to protest slavery? Do Now: What would you do to protest/stop slavery if you were living in the mid-1800s?

Underground Railroad An aboveground series of escape routes from the South to the North Travel at night Created by abolitionists

Harriet Tubman Conductor – person who helped runaways to freedom 19 journeys to free slaves Carried a pistol $40,000 reward for her capture

Routes of the “Railroad”

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe Reaction from Fugitive Slave Act A novel that portrayed slavery as brutal and immoral Made many people realize and hate the horrors of slavery