they werent happy with it... many just went along with it, but a brave few decided to help the underground railroad
Because it could have allowed some new slave-states in the West.
By passing the Fugitive Slave Act, which forced Northerners to report anyone who looked like a runaway slave. The Northern public greatly resented this.
The Fugitive Slave Act. It turned ordinary citizens into unpaid slave-catchers, and provoked Harriet Beecher Stowe into writing 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
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* Joint Resolution - act of both houses of Congress by which Texas was annexed
With extreme indignation at being treated like unpaid slave-catchers. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written as a protest against it.
With extreme indignation at being treated like unpaid slave-catchers. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written as a protest against it.
With extreme indignation at being treated like unpaid slave-catchers. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written as a protest against it.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 intensified opposition to slavery in the North by requiring northerners to assist in the capture and return of escaped slaves. This led to heightened tensions between pro- and anti-slavery factions, as many people in the North resented being forced to participate in the enforcement of slavery. The act also sparked a wave of resistance and defiance, with some northerners aiding fugitive slaves in their escape.
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Fugitive Slave Act
The Fugitive Slave Law.
They didn't like being turned into unpaid slave-catchers.
Northern Abolitionists did not react favorably to the Fugitive Slave Act. This is because it supported the cause they were against.
It angered Northerners, because they were forced to return slaves that had escaped back to their owners in the South.
The Fugitive Slave Act angered northerners because it required them to assist in the capture and return of escaped slaves, going against their beliefs in abolitionism and freedom. It also denied alleged fugitive slaves the right to a fair trial by jury, leading to fears of unjust apprehension and enslavement.
Many northerners were opposed to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 because it required citizens to assist in capturing and returning escaped slaves. This law heightened tensions between the North and South, leading to increased support for abolitionism and anti-slavery sentiment in the North. Some northerners actively resisted the law by participating in the Underground Railroad to help slaves escape to freedom.