The passage of the Fugitive Slave Law, as a part of the 1850 Missouri Compromise proved to be a problem for a good number of Northerners. The best way to illustrate this is from the top down in terms of dates. Here is a summary outline:
A. In Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Address he stated he would fully enforce the Federal law, the Fugitive Slave Law; ( as an aside, we know he was personally opposed to slavery )
B. The 1858 Dred Scott decision by the US Supreme Court confirmed the law's Constitutionality by denying habeas corpus and the lack of trials for fugitive slaves;
C. The law itself, superseded all State laws concerning this issue. Ohio, Vermont, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island & Connecticut had passed laws in the 1840's forbidding public officials from any actions to return slaves to their "owners";
D. The new law also meant that non Southern States such as Maryland, Delaware and even Washington DC were covered. The capital would end slave trading, but not slavery;
E. Northerners who had previously no political interest in slavery were now, by law, involved in it as the law was "National";
F. Penalties for aiding, feeding and helping fugitive slaves were strict. Fines were as high as $1,000 and jail time up to six months;
G. Judges who sent slaves back to their "owners" received $100 per slave; and
H. Northerners who did business with the South and even the public citizen were forced to face the fact that from the clothes on their backs to business deals, the intuition of slavery was part of their lives.
The Act compelled all citizens to report anyone who looked as thoughthey might be a runaway slave, on pain of a heavy fine. So any freed black was liable to be arrested on suspicion.
It was this Act which angered Harriet Beecher Stowe, and caused her to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' as her response. This best-selling novel drew attention to the Underground Railroad - the safe-house system that smuggled fugitive slaves into Canada - and recruited many people to the cause of Abolitionism.
It mandated the return of runaway slaves and required everyone to assist in that effort. It created open hostility between the slave catchers and the abolitionists.
It was designed to appease the South, but had a much greater effect in the North, where it gave runaway slaves an image of heroic victimhood.
The Fugitive Slave Law brought the issue home to anti-slavery citizens in the North as it made them and their institutions responsible for enforcing slavery.
The Abolitionist lobby went mad, and gained a lot of new recruits, especially after the publication of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
But remember that the North was not mainly Abolitionist.
They opposed it
== == That was The Fugitive Slave Act.
The fugitive slave law lasted until 1765 to 1776.
The Fugitive Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave Law. This caused Harriet Beecher Stowe to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', which drew slavery to the attention of large numbers who had not taken much interest in it before.
The Fugitive Slave Law.
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.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 allowed slave owners to pursue escaped slaves into free states, where Northerners who aided the slaves could be fined or imprisoned. This law was part of a series of legislation that aimed to maintain the institution of slavery in the United States.
The Fugitive Slave Law.
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.
The Second Federal Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, part of the Compromise of 1850, angered Northerners because it required citizens to assist in capturing and returning escaped slaves, denying them a jury trial. This law heightened tensions over the issue of slavery in the United States and was seen as a concession to the South at the expense of individual liberties in the North.
because it is a law that that required northerners to return escaped slaves to their owners.
Northerners, especially abolitionists, disliked the 'Bloodhound Law' as it required escaped slaves to be returned to their masters even if they were found in a free state. Northerners worried that the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part of a vast conspiracy of the southern plantation elite.
The Fugitive Slave Law angered the Northerners a lot.
Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Fugitive Slave Law.
The law was called the Fugitive Slave Act, enacted in 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850. It mandated that all escaped slaves, regardless of their location, be captured and returned to their owners, compelling Northerners to assist in this process.
the first fugitive slave law was passed in 1793.
== == That was The Fugitive Slave Act.