Yes it was in 1850.
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No, it backfired badly. It was meant to be a big dramatic gesture of appeasement to the South, in exchange for allowing California to join the Union as free soil.
By turning every citizen into an unpaid slave-catcher, it aroused deep resentment in the North, and 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written as a protest against it (the novel was banned in the South, of course). This heightened the enmity between the two sides, and brought war closer.
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.
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California was to be admitted as a free state.
The Fugitive Slave Act was a pro-slavery part of the Compromise of 1850.
A citizen who helped a runaway slave under the Fugitive Slave Act could be fined or imprisoned for aiding a fugitive slave. The act required citizens to assist in capturing and returning escaped slaves to their owners.
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.
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.
The Fugitive Slave Law
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Northern Abolitionists did not react favorably to the Fugitive Slave Act. This is because it supported the cause they were against.
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.
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850.
Fugitive Slave Act