By the time these federal Acts were enacted in the U.S., several Northern states had already abolished slavery but it was legal in the Southern states. The Fugitive Slave Acts of 1793 and 1850 allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the territory of the United States, aiming to prevent that the Northern states would become safe havens for runaway slaves.

The last act was more rigid in their provision and stated more regulation, including the guarantee of harsher punishments for anyone interfering in runaways slave's capture, the right of slave owners and their “agents” to search for escaped slaves within the borders of free states and compelled citizens to assist in their capture as well. It also denied slaves the right to a jury trial, among others.

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 implied much government's intervention in the state's affairs, and this angered most northern states. They responded by intentionally neglecting the law or creating acts that nullified or that protected black people, the so-called "personal liberty laws", and by making great efforts to assist runaway slaves, among others.

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A. Philip Randolph argued that requiring African Americans to fight for

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Phillip Randolf believed that situation was unfair because African American did not receive the rights they deserved in their own country.

Asa Philip Randolph was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, the American labor movement, as well as socialist political parties.

In 1925, he organized and led the first predominantly African-American labor union known as the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

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Vas I da gama discovered an all water route to _____

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C Portugal hope it helps

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List a wide range of words relating to WW1<br><br>EG: armistice, trench, propaganda

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Armistice: truce, ceasefire, suspension of hostilities, cessation of hostilities, peace, break, respite, lull, moratorium, treaty, peace treaty, and letup.

Trench: ditch, channel, trough, excavation, pit, furrow, rut, conduit, cut, drain, , waterway, watercourse, earthwork, entrenchment, moat, fosse, and sap.

Propaganda: information, promotion, advertising, advertisement, publicity, advocacy, spin, newspeak, agitprop, disinformation, counter-information, brainwashing, indoctrination, the big lie, info, hype, and plugging.

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