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The North was especially happy with the new Fugitive Slave Law.?
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Who was happy about Fugitive Slave Law and who was not?
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.
Enforcement of the fugitive slave act led to?
more anger in the north
What allowed escaped slaves in the north to be recaptured?
The Fugitive Slave Act
Did the new Fugitive Slave Act appeal to the North or the South?
South
What laws punished northerners who assisted escaped slaves?
fugitive slave lawsThe Fugitive Act
Why did north resist the fugitive slave laws?
Because it compelled ordinary citizens to become unpaid slave-catchers.
Why the Fugitive Slave Law was so offensive to many people in the North?
Because it compelled the public to report anyone who looked as though they might be a fugitive slave, on pain of prosecution.
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 effect did the fugitive slave act have on the abolitionist feelings?
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.
Did people in the north obey the fugitive slave law?
The slave catchers did, but most openly opposed it by participating in the Underground Railroad.
Frederick Douglas was what?
He was a fugitive slave, yet he did publish a newspaper called The North Star.
