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Did people in the north obey the fugitive slave law?
The slave catchers did, but most openly opposed it by participating in the Underground Railroad.
Why were some people in the North opposed to the Fugitive Slave Law?
Some people in the North opposed the Fugitive Slave Law because they believed it violated their principles of freedom and morality, as it required them to assist in returning escaped slaves to their owners. Additionally, they felt it strengthened the institution of slavery and went against the growing anti-slavery sentiments in the North.
What were the effects of the fugitive slave acts?
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.
Enforcement of the fugitive slave act led to?
more anger in the north
What allowed escaped slaves in the north to be recaptured?
The Fugitive Slave Act
Did the new Fugitive Slave Act appeal to the North or the South?
South
Was the north especially happy with the new fugitive slave laws?
(False)
What are the effects of the Fugitive Slave law?
The fugitive slave law stated that all slaves who escaped to the north could be recaptured and brought back to their owners in the south. The people in the north were very unhappy about this. The fugitive slave law was one of the main causes of the Civil War.
What laws punished northerners who assisted escaped slaves?
fugitive slave lawsThe Fugitive Act
Who was happy about Fugitive Slave Law and who was not?
Slave holders were in favor of the Fugitive Slave Law as it required that slaves that escaped to the North would have to be returned to their owners. In the North the anti slavery abolitionists were against the law. They were anti slavery to begin with and wanted slaves who escaped to the North to be considered freed slaves.
Why did north resist the fugitive slave laws?
Because it compelled ordinary citizens to become unpaid slave-catchers.
What were the effects of the fugitive act?
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.
