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It imposed fines for hiding runaway slaves.
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Who was involved in the fugitive slave law?
people who did not favor slavery
Why did the south not like the fugitive slave act?
The South did like it - it was a concession made by the North, because it favoured the interests of slave-holders.
What are the effects of the Fugitive Slave law?
The fugitive slave law stated that all slaves who escaped to the north could be recaptured and brought back to their owners in the south. The people in the north were very unhappy about this. The fugitive slave law was one of the main causes of the Civil War.
How was the fugitive slave act biased in favor of slaveholders?
The lawyers that would go around looking for the fugitive slaves would get more money when they had there court case if they were a slave then a free black man, therefore they would make majority of them slaves to get more money
What made it a federal crime to asist a runaway slave?
Fugitive Slave law (ACT)
Who was involved in the fugitive slave law?
people who did not favor slavery
Did the southerners favor or oppose the fugitive slave law?
In favor. They saw slaves as property and wanted their property back.
Did the new Fugitive Slave Act appeal to the North or the South?
South
Why did Abraham Lincoln not favor the unconditional repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act?
Abraham Lincoln did not favor the unconditional repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act because like Stephen A. Douglas and Daniel Webster, felt that it was part of the deal involved in the 1850 Missouri Compromise.
Why did the south not like the fugitive slave act?
The South did like it - it was a concession made by the North, because it favoured the interests of slave-holders.
What laws punished northerners who assisted escaped slaves?
fugitive slave lawsThe Fugitive Act
What are the effects of the Fugitive Slave law?
The fugitive slave law stated that all slaves who escaped to the north could be recaptured and brought back to their owners in the south. The people in the north were very unhappy about this. The fugitive slave law was one of the main causes of the Civil War.
Who was happy about Fugitive Slave Law and who was not?
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.
How did the outcome of the Missouri Compromise of 1850 favor the South?
Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act.
How was the fugitive slave act biased in favor of slaveholders?
The lawyers that would go around looking for the fugitive slaves would get more money when they had there court case if they were a slave then a free black man, therefore they would make majority of them slaves to get more money
How did the fugitive slave act effect the north south and the African Americans?
it to away their natural rights
What made it a federal crime to asist a runaway slave?
Fugitive Slave law (ACT)
