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It protected the Southern slave owners' property rights. Often once a slave ran to a Northern state the slave would begin a new life in the north.... and Slave owners would find it very hard to go to the north and get their former slaves and bring them back home, even if they knew where they were. This new federal law stated that the local Northern laws must help assist the slave owner in capturing a known runaway.

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What laws punished northerners who assisted escaped slaves?

fugitive slave lawsThe Fugitive Act


Why did northerners support the fugitive slave act?

Northerners supported the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 to maintain the fragile union between the North and South. Many believed it was a necessary compromise to prevent secession and avoid further conflict over slavery. Additionally, some northerners believed in upholding the Constitution, which included provisions for the return of escaped slaves.


Laws punished northerners who assisted escaped slaves?

Fugitive Slave Act


What act required northerners to capture runaway slaves?

The Fugitive Slave Law.


How did the the fugitive slave act of 1850 anger northerners?

They didn't like being turned into unpaid slave-catchers.


Why did fugitive slave act anger northerners?

It angered Northerners, because they were forced to return slaves that had escaped back to their owners in the South.


What two parts of the Compromise of 1850 appealed most to Northerners?

Northerners were most pleased that California was admitted as a free state. The south was pleased that the fugitive slave act REQUIRED assistance in capturing runaway slaves or face imprisonment.


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.


Why did some northerners support personl liberty laws?

Some Northerners supported personal liberty laws because they opposed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which required the return of escaped slaves to their owners. By passing personal liberty laws, these Northerners aimed to protect the rights of free African Americans and prevent the capture and return of fugitive slaves in their states.


Why did they make the fugitive slave law?

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


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 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.