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The action by Congress that required Americans to return runaway slaves to their owners was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. This law mandated that escaped slaves, even in free states, be returned to their enslavers and imposed penalties on anyone who assisted runaway slaves. The act intensified tensions between the Northern and Southern states and contributed to the growing abolitionist movement.

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