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What was the fugitive act?

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What laws punished northerners who assisted escaped slaves?

fugitive slave lawsThe Fugitive Act


What were the effects of the fugitive act?

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.


Was the fugitive slave act anti or pro slavery?

The Fugitive Slave Act was a pro-slavery part of the Compromise of 1850.


What was the event of the fugitive slave act?

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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 act turned in slaves when they escaped?

Fugitive Slave Act


Was the fugitive slave act controversial?

It required citizens to assit in the recovery of fugitive slaves.


Which of these was part of the Compromise of 1850?

California was to be admitted as a free state.


What were the effects of the fugitive slave acts?

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.


How did the northern react to the fugitive slave act?

Northern Abolitionists did not react favorably to the Fugitive Slave Act. This is because it supported the cause they were against.


Who passed the fugitive slave act?

The Fugitive Slave Act was put into place by Congress under the presidential rule of Zarchary Taylor.


How was the Compromise of 1850 similar to the fugitive slave act?

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.