A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . rerequired to assist the United States marshal when calledupon for aid. To assist a fugitive to escape was an offencepunishable by fine and imprisonment. In the last two respects the law failed. Few persons inthe North would aid in an arrest. Many aided in the escapeof slaves. This was done by secret methods which came tobe known as the Underground Railroad. Many hun-dreds of slaves were helped to make their escape to Canada,,Slaves who had been seized were rescued. The attempt at capture gave rise in some localities
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . rerequired to assist the United States marshal when calledupon for aid. To assist a fugitive to escape was an offencepunishable by fine and imprisonment. In the last two respects the law failed. Few persons inthe North would aid in an arrest. Many aided in the escapeof slaves. This was done by secret methods which came tobe known as the Underground Railroad. Many hun-dreds of slaves were helped to make their escape to Canada,,Slaves who had been seized were rescued. The attempt at capture gave rise in some localities to-:*?• riots. The law did much to add to the strength of the anti-slavery party,and many States passed PersonalLiberty Law^s, designed to obstructthe operation of the Fugitive SlaveLaw.^ Death of the President.—PresidentTaylor survived his election only alittle over a year. The heat of the4th of July, 1850, brought on a feverfrom which he died on the 9th. Vice-President Fillmore succeeded him. The Whigs had beenparticularly unfortunate in their Presidents. They had. Millard Fillmore. ^ In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe published a story of slave life inthe South, called Uncle Toms Cabin, which created an immensesensation, over two hundred thousand copies being sold within a added greatly to the strength of the anti-slavery sentiment in theNorth. It was read all over Europe, and has been translated intomore than twenty different languages. See page 490-92. THE TAYLOR AND FILLMORE ADMINISTRATIONS. 333 elected only two, and both these had died after a briefperiod of service. Other Deaths.—The period of the present administra-tion was marked by the death of several of Americasgreatest statesmen. Calhoun died a short time before thePresident. Clay and Webster passed away in 1852. Newmen were coming forward to take their places in Congress,including Sumner, Douglas, Lincoln, Davis, and others whowere soon to become prominent in public affairs,^ Progress of the Country.—
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