Question

What does Harriet Jacobs reveal about the widespread effects of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850? What did this law do to Northern Black communities?

Answer 1

The 1850 Fugitive Slave Act allowed fugitive and freed workers in the north to be captured and enslaved. This made Harriet's job as an Underground Railroad conductor much harder and forced her to lead enslaved people further north to Canada, traveling at night, usually in the spring or fall when the days were shorter.

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