EOTO Reaction

During the EOTO Presentations I learned a lot about events that Advanced Slavery and the Founding Era. 

The speakers for the events that advanced slavery had some interesting information to share. Some of the things they talked about was the Missouri Compromise, the Kansas Nebraska Act, Bleeding Kansas, Dredd Scott v Stanford Case, and the Election of 1860. However, the two others that stuck out to me was the Fugitive slave act of 1850. 

I knew a little bit about the Fugitive slave act of 1850, but I never got a full clarified history of it. 

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The Fugitive Slave act of 1850 made it so that the government was responsible for the capture and returning of fugitive slaves, even when they are in a free state. This was surprising to me as I thought that it was the duty of the people to capture escaped slaves. I was also surprised to learn that people who captured the escaped slaves received a reward. 

The speakers for the Founding Era had stories and information to share on events that supported the abolishment of slavery. Some of the things they talked about was, the underground railroad, the abolition movement, the fugitive slave act, and the election of 1860. The most surprising presentation I learned was the American Anti-Slavery Society. 

The American Anti-Slavery Society were a group of people who were abolitionists who wanted slaves to be free. The group lasted from 1833 until 1870. The group believed that Slavery was a sin and they had agents all around the country spreading their beliefs which were very effective. This is one of the stories that I haven’t heard before and I found it very interesting how there was a group like this on this scale.