What was the....?

Question

Fugitive Slave Clause (during the Constitutional Conventio)???

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Also- i forgot the exact date the Constitution was signed...

Answer 1

The Constitution of the United States was signed on September 17, 1787.

The Fugitive Slave Clause was provided for in Article Four of the United States Constitution, Section 2, Clause 3, that, "No person held to service or labor in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due."

This clause was a compromise between slave states and free states because it stipulated that an escaped slave that took refuge in a free state still had to be returned to the rightfull slave-holding owner.

The clause was one of the compromises that permitted both slave and free states to agree to sign the constitution.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

no.