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it required private citizens to assist in the search for runaway slaves

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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required that escaped slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. It gave slaveowners the ability to pursue their escaped slaves into free states and mandated that citizens help in the capture and return of runaway slaves. This law heightened tensions between states supporting and opposing slavery, contributing to the lead-up to the Civil War.

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