The Fugitive Slave Law.
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 law
Around the early 1800's the Northerners realized how bad slaves really were to keep. A lot of northerners still though it was fine to have slaves.
Because they can offered a reward for runaway slaves.....Then
many northerners opposed the fugitive slave act because it forced regular citizens to help capture runaway slaves whether they wanted to or not. most white southerners supported it because they considered the slaves to be property. :Dp.s. i tried to find the answer to this question on this website then i actually looked in my text book and found it.! so i decided to share my answer with everyone! NO PROBLEM! :)
Because it forced regular citizens to help capture runaway slaves, whether they wanted to or even agreed with slavery or not.
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 of 1850 required Americans to return runaway slaves to their owners.
Northerners opposed the Fugitive Slacve law because they were against slavery, so they didn't want to help capture runaway slaves because they thought that if they had got away, then leave them alone. Besides it would make slavery worse in a way.
A law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850, which provided southern slaveholders with legal weapons to capture slaves who had escaped to the free states. The law was highly unpopular in the North and helped to convert many previously indifferent northerners to antislavery.
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.
1793
False . The plan kept the balance of power between the North and the South even in the Senate.
Some states passed personal liberty laws for runaway slaves.
Fugitive slave law
== == That was The Fugitive Slave Act.
Some states passed personal liberty laws for runaway slaves.