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With extreme indignation at being treated like unpaid slave-catchers. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written as a protest against it.
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What laws punished northerners who assisted escaped slaves?
fugitive slave lawsThe Fugitive Act
How did the northern react to the fugitive slave act?
Northern Abolitionists did not react favorably to the Fugitive Slave Act. This is because it supported the cause they were against.
What act turned in slaves when they escaped?
Fugitive Slave Act
Did the north become safe to slaves after the fugitive slave act?
no because the act declared that any fugitive slaves in the northhad to be returned
What were the effects of the fugitive act?
The Fugitive Slave Act forced many people to consider the pros and cons of slavery in the United States. The effect of the Fugitive Slave Act was the freeing of slaves.
Was the fugitive slave act controversial?
It required citizens to assit in the recovery of fugitive slaves.
What were the effects of the fugitive slave acts?
The Fugitive Slave Act forced many people to consider the pros and cons of slavery in the United States. The effect of the Fugitive Slave Act was the freeing of slaves.
What were the effects of the fugitives slave act?
The Fugitive Slave Act forced many people to consider the pros and cons of slavery in the United States. The effect of the Fugitive Slave Act was the freeing of slaves.
Had the Fugitive Slave Act free all enslaved African Americans?
No the Fugitive Slave Act gave captured esaped slaves back to their owners.
What allowed escaped slaves in the north to be recaptured?
The Fugitive Slave Act
What did the fugitive slave act hope to accomplish?
Better control of slaves.
What was the purpose of the fugitive slave act?
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was intended to require the capture and return of escaped slaves to their owners, placing a legal obligation on law enforcement and citizens to assist in these efforts. It aimed to strengthen the institution of slavery by making it easier for slave owners to recover their escaped slaves.
