Re-captured slaves would be returned to their owners, who might beat or kill them. A common way to keep slaves from running again was "hamstringing", where they would cut the hamstring on the back of the heel, so they couldn't run.
The Fugitive Slave Law
The fugitive slave law lasted until 1765 to 1776.
With extreme indignation at being treated like unpaid slave-catchers. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written as a protest against it.
Probably jail. More controversial was the heavy fine for simply failing to report someone who looked as though they might be a fugitive slave. The public resented being forced at act as unpaid slave-catchers.
Millard Filmore
you would be fined and put in jail
Helping a fugitive slave was illegal in many states in the U.S. before the Civil War, and could result in fines, imprisonment, or violence from slave owners or authorities. However, many abolitionists risked these consequences to support the freedom of enslaved individuals and challenge the institution of slavery.
Abolitionists hid fugitive slaves in their homes.
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They didn't like being turned into unpaid slave-catchers.
the first fugitive slave law was passed in 1793.
California was to be admitted as a free state.
The Fugitive Slave Law
The fugitive slave law lasted until 1765 to 1776.
The Fugitive Slave Act made it illegal for anyone to assist or harbor a fugitive slave, and mandated that law enforcement officials in free states capture and return escapees to their owners in slave states. Anyone found guilty of aiding a fugitive slave could be fined or imprisoned.
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.
Henry Clay's role in the Fugitive Slave Law was to renew the countries slave attitude.