Fugitive slaves in the United States | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-05

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Fugitive slaves in the United States


00:00:54 1 Spanish Florida
00:02:59 2 United States
00:06:25 3 The Underground Railroad
00:08:23 4 Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
00:09:43 5 Harriet Tubman
00:10:42 6 See also



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The phenomenon of slaves running away and seeking to gain freedom is as old as the institution of slavery itself. In the history of slavery in the United States, "fugitive slaves" (also known as runaway slaves) were slaves who left their master and traveled without authorization; generally they tried to reach states or territories where slavery was banned, including Canada, or, until 1821, Spanish Florida. Most slave law tried to control slave travel by requiring them to carry official passes if traveling without a master.
Passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 increased penalties against fugitive slaves and people who aided them. Because of this, fugitive slaves tried to leave the United States altogether, traveling to Canada or Mexico. During the time slavery was legal in the United States, approximately 100,000 slaves escaped to freedom.