Race To Freedom Theme

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1. What is the theme to this movie Race to Freedom? * The Theme or themes of the move are slavery and/or words or laws have consequences. 2. The Fugitive Slave Act, was a part of the Compromise of 1850. This allowed for groups of slave catchers from slave states to go into free states to recapture runaway slaves and return them to their owners for a reward. This awful deal for the southern states was done to allow California to enter the U.S. as a Free State. So in essence, words or laws have consequences (is this the theme perhaps???). Explain how this was seen in this movie. (six sentences) In the beginning of the movie you see a slave running and you will hear dog barking and men chasing him. You see the slave fall the when it blacks out

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