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How did the northern abolitionist reacted to the fugitive slave act?
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Northern Abolitionists did not react favorably to the Fugitive Slave Act. This is because it supported the cause they were against.
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Why did the abolitionist object to the fugitive slave law of 1850?
They objected it because it states that if you know about a runaway slave you have to return them but abolitionists wanted slaves to be free.
Why was the fugitive slave act so important to southern slave holder?
The fugitive slave act allowed southern slave holders to reclaim escaped slaves who had made their way to freedom in the northern states
What law greatly increased the ease of operation of slave catchers in northern cities?
federal fugitive slave law
Why did northern states ignore the fugitive slave laws?
They didn't ignore them. They reacted sharply against them. Under the new law, members of the public were obliged to report anyone who looked as though they might be a runaway slave, on pain of a heavy fine. This offended large numbers who had not felt strongly about the slavery question before, and it recruited many new people to the Abolitionist cause. This increased the numbers who helped to organise the Underground Railroad, the safe-house network which smuggled fugitives into Canada.
What individuals would most likely support the Fugitive Slave Act?
The Fugitive Slave Act was a law enacted in 1850 that required all escaped slaves to be returned to their masters. The individuals that supported this law were the slave owners and the police of the northern states.
Describe how northern abolitionists reacted to the fugitive slave act?
by helping the slaves to escape into Canada
What provision of the compromise of 1850 that comforted southern slave catchers and aroused the wrath of northern abolitionist?
The Fugitive Slave Act
What was the provision of the Compromise of 1850 that comforted southern slave catchers and aroused the wrath of northern abolitionists?
Fugitive Slave Act. It backfied badly, arousing strong Abolitionist emotions in the North.
How were the ideas of northern abolitionist prevented from reaching southerns?
post offices refused to deliver abolitionist publications
Dericbe how northern abolitionists reacted to the fugitive slave act?
By helping slaves to escape into Canada, using the system of safe-houses known as the Underground Railroad.
How did the northern react to the fugitive slave act?
Northern Abolitionists did not react favorably to the Fugitive Slave Act. This is because it supported the cause they were against.
Abolitionist were most upset about provision in the compromise of 1850?
its mostly because of the fugitive slave act.
What effect did the fugitive slave act have on the abolitionist feelings?
The Fugitive Slave Law brought the issue home to anti-slavery citizens in the North as it made them and their institutions responsible for enforcing slavery.
What did northern states do to counter the fugitive slave law?
Northern states passed Personal Liberty laws to counteract the Fugitive Slave Law. These were meant to make the law equitable and to protect the rights of Freedmen and escaped slaves without nullifying the Fugitive Slave Law.
Why did the abolitionist object to the fugitive slave law of 1850?
They objected it because it states that if you know about a runaway slave you have to return them but abolitionists wanted slaves to be free.
Why was the fugitive slave act so important to southern slave holder?
The fugitive slave act allowed southern slave holders to reclaim escaped slaves who had made their way to freedom in the northern states
Reaction against the Fugitive Slave Act was strongest among?
Northern Blacks.
