This act was made for the south to be able to go to the north and search for their run-away slaves and to be able to go into a northerners house and search for them. Sometimes the slaves would hide in the barn with out the northerners knowing and the northerners would get in trouble for it and they did not care if they were telling the truth about not hiding slaves or not they would still get in trouble.
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Fugitive Slave law (ACT)
The Fugitive Slave Act forced many people to consider the pros and cons of slavery in the United States. The effect of the Fugitive Slave Act was the freeing of slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 sought to force the authorities in free states to return fugitive slaves to their masters.
California was to be admitted as a free state.
The Fugitive Slave Act was a pro-slavery part of the Compromise of 1850.
The Fugitive Slave Act forced many people to consider the pros and cons of slavery in the United States. The effect of the Fugitive Slave Act was the freeing of slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Act forced many people to consider the pros and cons of slavery in the United States. The effect of the Fugitive Slave Act was the freeing of slaves.
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The Fugitive Slave Law
The Fugitive Slave Act was put into place by Congress under the presidential rule of Zarchary Taylor.
Under the Fugitive Slave Act, people could be imprisoned for helping a runaway slave. The act was passed in 1850.