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Southerners were generally quite happy that federal law finally enshrined their right to their property (escaped slaves). They had been angered by the fact that a Black person needed only to cross the midway point of the USA for them to arrive in Free State were the slave would no longer be pursued. By making it a federal law, the North could no longer ignore their requirement to return escaped property.

Northerners were, generally speaking, outraged because they saw it as a victory for Southern interests. They saw it as reach by the South into Northern affairs. The North had outlawed slavery and now, they would be required to enforce it. A much smaller portion of Northerners actively supported abolition for the whole union and a law like this further entrenched slavery, making it a huge step backwards in their view and serving to anger them.

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How did the northerners respond to the fugitive?

With anger. They greatly resented being turned into unpaid slave-catchers, and this brought many new recruits to the cause of Abolitionism. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written as a protest against the Act. It drove the two sides further apart, and was a major cause of the Civil War.


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With anger. They greatly resented being turned into unpaid slave-catchers, and this brought many new recruits to the cause of Abolitionism. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written as a protest against the Act. It drove the two sides further apart, and was a major cause of the Civil War.


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They agreed to the Compromise of 1850 - though they weren't too happy about California joining the Union as free soil. That was why Congress had to appease them by enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act - which managed to mobilise a lot of Northern sympathy with the runaways.


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With anger. They greatly resented being turned into unpaid slave-catchers, and this brought many new recruits to the cause of Abolitionism. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written as a protest against the Act. It drove the two sides further apart, and was a major cause of the Civil War.


How fugitive slave law contributed to the tension between the north and the south?

It offended many law-abiding Northern citizens who objected to being turned into unpaid slave-catchers, and threatened with $1000 fine if they failed to report anyone who looked like a runaway slave. Meanwhile it pleased the South, by appearing to confirm the legitimacy of slavery. Thus it drove the two sides further apart.


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With anger. They greatly resented being turned into unpaid slave-catchers, and this brought many new recruits to the cause of Abolitionism. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written as a protest against the Act. It drove the two sides further apart, and was a major cause of the Civil War.


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How did the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 affect the Civil War?

It offended many law-abiding Northern citizens who objected to being turned into unpaid slave-catchers, and threatened with $1000 fine if they failed to report anyone who looked like a runaway slave. Meanwhile it pleased the South, by appearing to confirm the legitimacy of slavery. Thus it drove the two sides further apart.