They didn't like being turned into unpaid slave-catchers.
Northerners were most pleased that California was admitted as a free state. The south was pleased that the fugitive slave act REQUIRED assistance in capturing runaway slaves or face imprisonment.
The Fugitive Slave Act was a pro-slavery part of the Compromise of 1850.
California was to be admitted as a free state.
James Buchanan
Congress would abolish the Fugitive Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave act was part of the Compromise of 1850. The compromise of 1850 said any new states would be free states as long as they passed the fugitive slave act. This act made Northerners turn in runaway slaves.
Northerners were most pleased that California was admitted as a free state. The south was pleased that the fugitive slave act REQUIRED assistance in capturing runaway slaves or face imprisonment.
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 reason the second federal fugitive slave law made northerners upset was because most northerners thought that slavery was immoral and that they would have to help capture the slaves or be finned is impeachment of there rights.
The Fugitive Slave Law angered the Northerners a lot.
The Fugitive Slave Act. It was part of the Compromise of 1850.
Northerners were not at all happy about the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. The law forced federal marshals to assist slave hunters in the pursuit and apprehension of runaway slaves. If they refused, they could face fines. In addition, these marshals had the power to deputize regular citizens and force them to assist as well. The act, in essence, forced people who were vehemently against slavery to participate in it.
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.
By passing the Fugitive Slave Act, which forced Northerners to report anyone who looked like a runaway slave. The Northern public greatly resented this.
In 1850, the United States Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Law, or Fugitive Slave Act. It was a part of the Compromise of 1850. It forced all runaway slaves to come back to their original masters.
The Fugitive Slave Law
1850