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Fugitive Slave Acts - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) The Fugitive Slave Acts were statutes, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1793 and 1850, that provided for the capture and return of escaped slaves to their owners. These laws applied even if an escaped slave was captured in a free state or territory.
The Fugitive Slave Law and Its Impact. The passage of the Fugitive Slave Law in September of 1850 served to coalesce the various antislavery movements in opposition to a legal compromise with the South that they regarded as unconstitutional.The law precipitated the simmering conflicts of previous decades into becoming dramatic clashes. portion of the account in the New-York Daily Tribune of 9 October 1850 that Isaac Hopper sent to Wilbur describes this early meeting in Syracuse in opposition to the Fugitive Slave Act: A large and enthusiastic meeting of the citizens of Syracuse was held in the City Hall last evening.