(False)
(False)
Slave holders were in favor of the Fugitive Slave Law as it required that slaves that escaped to the North would have to be returned to their owners. In the North the anti slavery abolitionists were against the law. They were anti slavery to begin with and wanted slaves who escaped to the North to be considered freed slaves.
more anger in the north
The Fugitive Slave Act
South
fugitive slave lawsThe Fugitive Act
Because it compelled ordinary citizens to become unpaid slave-catchers.
Because it compelled the public to report anyone who looked as though they might be a fugitive slave, on pain of prosecution.
no because the act declared that any fugitive slaves in the northhad to be returned
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 slave catchers did, but most openly opposed it by participating in the Underground Railroad.
He was a fugitive slave, yet he did publish a newspaper called The North Star.