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The fugitive slave law was un popular in the north because the north did not believe in slavery. They were free. In the north, if you were found guilty, of helping(aiding) fugitive slaves, you could be fined 1,000 dollars and be put in jail for six months. If you were African American, and helping a fugitive slave, you could be hanged.
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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.
The North was especially happy with the new Fugitive Slave Law.?
(False)
What does fugitive slave law mean?
The fugitive slave law of 1850 meant that any slave that had escaped to the north was at constant risk of being taken back to their masters, unless they made it to Canada were they would be truly free.
Fugitive Slave Act?
A law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850, which provided southern slaveholders with legal weapons to capture slaves who had escaped to the free states. The law was highly unpopular in the North and helped to convert many previously indifferent northerners to antislavery.
How did the fugitive law impact the north?
to appease tht south so that California could be admitted to the union as free soil .
Why was the fugitive slave law unpopular in the north?
It was unpopular in the north because they did not support slavery, and therefore did not want to send escaped slaves back to the south
What part of the Compromise of 1850 was most unpopular in the North?
The Fugitive Slave Law. This caused Harriet Beecher Stowe to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', which drew slavery to the attention of large numbers who had not taken much interest in it before.
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 part of the compromise of 1850 was unpopular in the north?
The Fugitive Slave Law. This caused Harriet Beecher Stowe to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', which drew slavery to the attention of large numbers who had not taken much interest in it before.
What part of the compromise of 1850 most unpopular in the north?
The Fugitive Slave Law. This caused Harriet Beecher Stowe to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', which drew slavery to the attention of large numbers who had not taken much interest in it before.
The North was especially happy with the new Fugitive Slave Law.?
(False)
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.
What did the fugitive acts do?
As a means to have the Missouri Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave law was passed by Congress. It called for the return of all escaped slaves to the North be returned to their owners. Rewards and bounties were offered as part of the law to encourage compliance in the North.
What part of the compromise of 1850 was most unpopular int the North?
The Fugitive Slave Law. This caused Harriet Beecher Stowe to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', which drew slavery to the attention of large numbers who had not taken much interest in it before.
What does fugitive slave law mean?
The fugitive slave law of 1850 meant that any slave that had escaped to the north was at constant risk of being taken back to their masters, unless they made it to Canada were they would be truly free.
When was fugitive slave law passed?
the first fugitive slave law was passed in 1793.
Why the Fugitive Slave Law was so offensive to many people in the North?
Because it compelled the public to report anyone who looked as though they might be a fugitive slave, on pain of prosecution.
