Question

This poster from the 1850s appeared in response to the:

Answer 1

What was happening in 1850?

POP Culture: 1850

The September 18, 1850, Fugitive Slave Act provides for the return of slaves brought to free states. Millard Fillmore is sworn into office as the 13th President of the United States, following Zachary Taylor's death on July 9, 1850. "America" wins the first America's Cup yacht race on August 22, 1851.

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Answer 2

The poster from the 1850s was in response to the passage of the fugitive slave law.

What is the fugitive slave law?

As a component of Compromise of 1850, the legislation gives tyhe southern slaveholders the power to capture slaves who had escaped to the free states.

Hence, this image was a poster published to announce a caution to the people of Boston over the passage of the fugitive slave Act.

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