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.
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.
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.
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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required authorities in free states to help capture and return escaped slaves to their owners. This law angered abolitionists and led to increased tensions between North and South, contributing to the start of the Civil War. It also spurred more people to actively oppose slavery, strengthening the abolitionist movement.
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The Fugitive Slave Act was a pro-slavery part of the Compromise of 1850.
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no because the act declared that any fugitive slaves in the northhad to be returned
Fugitive Slave Act
It required citizens to assit in the recovery of fugitive slaves.
California was to be admitted as a free state.
By dramatising the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act and drawing attention to the Underground Railroad (safe-houses for runaway slaves).