Amylase and lipase are digestive enzymes. Amylase breaks down dietary starch, and lipase aids in the digestion of dietary fats. The pancreas produces these enzymes in large quantities and secretes them into the small intestine. Diseases of the pancreas most commonly cause elevated amylase and lipase, although other disorders may lead to abnormally increased blood levels of these enzymes.
The Fugitive Slave Law or Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave-holding interests and Northern Free-Soilers.he earlier Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 was a Federal law which was written with the intent to enforce Article 4, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, which required the return of runaway slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Law and Its Impact. The passage of the Fugitive Slave Law in September of 1850 served to coalesce the various antislavery movements in opposition to a legal compromise with the South that they regarded as unconstitutional.The law precipitated the simmering conflicts of previous decades into becoming dramatic clashes. portion of the account in the New-York Daily Tribune of 9 October 1850 that Isaac Hopper sent to Wilbur describes this early meeting in Syracuse in opposition to the Fugitive Slave Act: A large and enthusiastic meeting of the citizens of Syracuse was held in the City Hall last evening.