The South saw it as a welcome confirmation of the right to own slaves.
The North strongly resented being treated like unpaid slave-catchers, and started the Underground Railroad as a response. Harriet Beecher Stowe was so angry, she wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' as a protest.
Well to begin with, the North already didn't like slavery. They tried to put a stop to it. The Fugitive Slave Act required all citizens to help catch runaways. Anyone who aided a fugitive could be fined or imprisoned. Many people in the South believed the law would enforce Northerners to recognize the rights of Southerners. The Northerners didn't want to catch any runaway slaves because they didn't like slavery. The Kansas-Nebraska Act pushed the North and the South more away because Franklin Pierce (A New Hampshire Democrat) supported the Fugitive Slave Act and he became president. Franklin Pierce intended to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act, and His actions hardened the opposition.
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The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 required citizens to assist in the capture and return of escaped slaves. It heightened tensions between abolitionists and slaveholders, leading to increased resistance against the institution of slavery. Additionally, it contributed to the eventual outbreak of the Civil War by further polarizing the North and South.
To appease the South, so that California could be admitted to the Union as free soil.
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
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North dislike The Fugitive Slave Law, because that did not support slavery, and therefore did not want to send escaped slaves back to the south. North brought the slavery issue to their own doorstep , and gave the runawys a heroic victim status.
The Fugitive Slave Law was unpopular in the North because it required citizens to assist in capturing and returning escaped slaves, even if they did not support slavery. Many Northerners viewed the law as a violation of personal liberty and opposed the idea of being forced to participate in the institution of slavery. Additionally, the law heightened tensions between the North and South over the issue of slavery.
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.
the first fugitive slave law was passed in 1793.
The South wasn't mad at the Fugutive Slave Law - the law was introduced to appease them when Congress allowed California to enter the Union as free soil. It was the North who reacted badly to the law - it brought the slavery issue to their own doorstep, and gave the runaways a heroic victim status.
The Fugitive Slave Law was a law in the United States prior to the Civil War that required the return of escaped slaves to their owners. It was part of the Compromise of 1850 and heightened tensions between abolitionists and supporters of slavery. The law was controversial and widely criticized for its harsh treatment of slaves seeking freedom.
The fugitive slave law lasted until 1765 to 1776.
The Fugitive Slave Law was a United States law passed in 1850 that required all escaped slaves to be returned to their owners, even if they were found in free states. It was part of the Compromise of 1850 and was highly controversial, leading to increased tensions between abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates.