The Abolitionists thought it was terrible, because it could allow new slave-states.
Other Northerners thought it was a reasonable solution to the slave-debate, but did not see the flaw - one state voting at a time would attract every bully-boy from both sides to intimidate voters. Hence 'Bleeding Kansas'.
With extreme indignation at being treated like unpaid slave-catchers. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written as a protest against it.
Carpetbagger
they declared.
== == That was The Fugitive Slave Act.
Northerners largely reacted to Act 1 of the Fugitive Slave Act with outrage and resistance. Many viewed it as an infringement on states' rights and personal liberties, leading to the formation of abolitionist groups that actively worked to aid escaped slaves. The act intensified sectional tensions, with some northern states passing "Personal Liberty Laws" to counteract its enforcement. Overall, it galvanized anti-slavery sentiment in the North, contributing to the growing divide between the regions.
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.
Many Northerners were for the proclamation that ended slavery. However, there were Northerners who felt like Southerners and opposed it.
Which proclamation
they werent happy with it... many just went along with it, but a brave few decided to help the underground railroad
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
With extreme indignation at being treated like unpaid slave-catchers. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written as a protest against it.
With extreme indignation at being treated like unpaid slave-catchers. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written as a protest against it.
With extreme indignation at being treated like unpaid slave-catchers. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written as a protest against it.
Southerners were delighted with the Dred Scott decision, but northerners were outraged.
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They strongly disapproved of the act.