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What act required northerners to capture runaway slaves?

The Fugitive Slave Law.


Why did they make the fugitive slave law?

because it is a law that that required northerners to return escaped slaves to their owners.


Which the law punished northerners who assisted escaped slaves?

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 allowed slave owners to pursue escaped slaves into free states, where Northerners who aided the slaves could be fined or imprisoned. This law was part of a series of legislation that aimed to maintain the institution of slavery in the United States.


What did the northerners dislike about fugitive slave law of 1850?

Northerners, especially abolitionists, disliked the 'Bloodhound Law' as it required escaped slaves to be returned to their masters even if they were found in a free state. Northerners worried that the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part of a vast conspiracy of the southern plantation elite.


What part of Compromise of 1850 angered northerners to the point they abandoned Fillmore and brought an end to his political career?

The Fugitive Slave Law angered the Northerners a lot.


What two factors were most affective in making northerners into abolitionists for good?

Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Fugitive Slave Law.


Why did the second federal fugitive slave law of 1850 make northerners mad?

The reason the second federal fugitive slave law made northerners upset was because most northerners thought that slavery was immoral and that they would have to help capture the slaves or be finned is impeachment of there rights.


What was the law called that required northerners to help southerners catch their slaves?

The law was called the Fugitive Slave Act, enacted in 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850. It mandated that all escaped slaves, regardless of their location, be captured and returned to their owners, compelling Northerners to assist in this process.


How did the southerners expect northerners to react to the fugitive slave act how did the northerners actually react?

Southerners expected Northerners to comply with the Fugitive Slave Act by helping to capture and return escaped slaves. However, many Northerners reacted with resistance, forming anti-slavery groups to hide and protect fugitive slaves and refusing to cooperate with authorities trying to enforce the law. This led to increased tensions between the North and South over the issue of slavery.


What law did the Southerners demanded that Congress pass that said Northerners had to return runaway slaves to their owners?

== == That was The Fugitive Slave Act.


When was fugitive slave law passed?

the first fugitive slave law was passed in 1793.


How did northerners react to the fugitive slave law of 1850?

Northerners were not at all happy about the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. The law forced federal marshals to assist slave hunters in the pursuit and apprehension of runaway slaves. If they refused, they could face fines. In addition, these marshals had the power to deputize regular citizens and force them to assist as well. The act, in essence, forced people who were vehemently against slavery to participate in it.