With the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, assisting or helping hide fugitive slaves became a federal offense, making all Underground Railroad activity subject to six months in prison and a $1,000 fine. Escaping from slavery or helping someone to escape from slavery was a very difficult and dangerous task.
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Adam Smith<span> was a Scottish philosopher who became a political economist in the midst of the Scottish Enlightenment. He is best known for writing "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" (1759) and "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" (1776).</span>
On the Griswold vs Connecticut case, justice Goldberg based his concurring opinion on the protection granted by the constitution because a cornstack law prohibited any use of medicinal article or instrument that prevented conception in Connecticut in 1965.
D. Whether or not fugitive slaves who escaped to free states were legally free.
