The Norht was greatly angered by the South. Harriet Beecher Stowe's publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin stirred controvery because of its message of how slavery was a moral struggle and was basically evil. These fueds resulted in the Civil War.
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Fugitive Slave Act. It backfied badly, arousing strong Abolitionist emotions in the North.
The Fugitive Slave Law
The fugitive slave law lasted until 1765 to 1776.
The Fugitive Slave Act - an unfortunate attempt to appease the South with a robust, macho-style gesture in support of property (meaning slave property). It backfired badly. Northern citizens did not like being treated like unpaid slave-catchers, and many new recruits were drawn to the Abolitionist cause. Harriet Beecher Stowe was so enraged that she wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' as a reaction against the new Act.
Northern Blacks.
Northern Abolitionists did not react favorably to the Fugitive Slave Act. This is because it supported the cause they were against.
Northern Abolitionists did not react favorably to the Fugitive Slave Act. This is because it supported the cause they were against.
Northern states passed Personal Liberty laws to counteract the Fugitive Slave Law. These were meant to make the law equitable and to protect the rights of Freedmen and escaped slaves without nullifying the Fugitive Slave Law.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was important to southern slaveholders because it required all citizens to assist in the capture and return of escaped slaves, strengthening the institution of slavery in the South by making it easier to recover escaped slaves and deterring others from attempting to flee. The law also provided legal mechanisms to support slaveholders in pursuing escaped slaves across state lines.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 greatly increased the ease of operation of slave catchers in northern cities by allowing them to capture and return escaped slaves without due process or legal protections for the fugitives. The law required citizens to assist in capturing runaway slaves and imposed heavy penalties on those who helped slaves escape.
it hardened the opposition to slavery
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The Fugitive Slave Act
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They disliked the adoption of a strict fugitive slave law
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