Now, they were forced to help capture escaped slaves even though they opposed slavery. If not, they were fined $1,000 and were sent to jail for 6 months.
The Fugitive Slave Law.
because it is a law that that required northerners to return escaped slaves to their owners.
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.
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.
The Fugitive Slave Law angered the Northerners a lot.
Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Fugitive Slave Law.
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.
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.
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.
== == That was The Fugitive Slave Act.
the first fugitive slave law was passed in 1793.
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.