Confederate “Heritage” Month 2024, April 24: Frederick Douglass and the Compromise of 1850
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The controversial core of the famous Compromise of 1850 was the strengthened Fugitive Slave Law, which infuriated many free-state citizens who were being required to be complicit in returning escaped slaves to their owners and masters in the slave states.
Confederate “Heritage” Month 2024, April 24: Frederick Douglass and the Compromise of 1850
Confederate “Heritage” Month 2024, April 24…
Confederate “Heritage” Month 2024, April 24: Frederick Douglass and the Compromise of 1850
The controversial core of the famous Compromise of 1850 was the strengthened Fugitive Slave Law, which infuriated many free-state citizens who were being required to be complicit in returning escaped slaves to their owners and masters in the slave states.