Michigan Proposal 1 to grant civil rights to blacks -failed to pass (1850)This amendment failed to pass on the ballot till after the end of the Civil War. Even though most Michigan citizens felt slavery should...
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850This act was a component of the Compromise of 1850 which was a complicated, jumbled mess of US western expansion and claims to land,...
Michigan Personal Freedom Acts 162 & 163 (1855)As a direct result of stricter Fugitive Slaves laws being enacted by the US Congress, Michigan passed act 162 which allowed fugitives the...
