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There are many policies to keep slavery in check. The compromise of 1850 was a law made in the south that disabled citizens from helping runaway slaves escape. If they did help with the slaves, the penalties would be $1000, and 6 months in jail.Only about 330 slaves had been …show more content…
Slavery ended up to be very helpful but yet very harmful in many ways. One good about slavery was that laws were created out of it. One bad thing about slavery was that African Americans had to suffer through hard labor and terrible working conditions. Slaves were treated like farm animals, they may have been treated worse then farm animals. I am very glad that slavery is no longer a thing in the United States. But some affects of slavery are still here with us in the United