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Because they reacted badly to the Fugitive Slave Act, which turned every citizen into an unpaid slave-catcher. And they had read 'Uncle Tom's Cabin', which was written as a protest against it. That novel had drawn attention to the Underground Railroad, the safe-house system that smuggled runawayslaves into Canada.
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∙ 14y agoIt required northerners to help recapture runaway slaves which was disliked either on moral grounds as it was for abolitionists but also in some reasons of fear of a Slave Power Conspiracy with the Southern Slaves States holding greater power over Congress than the North, many northerners in the mid 1800s believed many of the politicians in power were under the thumb of Southerners. This act in particular placed fines on people who would not cooperate and jail terms on people who helped fugitives escape. Also, southern slave catchers (aka federal marshals) roamed the North, sometimes capturing free African Americans with little regard for if they were free or fugitive slaves.
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Why did some northerners support personal liberty?
they resented federal intervention in the affairs of independent states
How did the fugitive slave act start?
== == The Fugitive Slave Law required Northern citizens to help catch escaped slaves. But many Northerners hated the law as much as they hated slavery. They ignored it from the time it was passed by Congress. In this way, the Fugitive Slave Law increased the tension between Northerners and Southerners.
How did some runaway slaves manage to serve in the army despite the ban on slave in the militia of 1775?
the army was short on men
What ordered every US government officer to help slave owners get their runaway slaves back?
fugitive slave lawsfugitive slave act
What was the main provision of the Fugitive Slave Law?
The Fugitive Slave Law was part of the Compromise of 1850. Its main provision required the return of runaway slaves. Their were penalties for those in northern states who aided escaped slaves.
What act required northerners to capture runaway slaves?
The Fugitive Slave Law.
What describes the position of the most northerners towards slavery?
Some states passed personal liberty laws for runaway slaves.
What law did the Southerners demanded that Congress pass that said Northerners had to return runaway slaves to their owners?
== == That was The Fugitive Slave Act.
What statement best describes the position of most Northerners toward slavery?
Some states passed personal liberty laws for runaway slaves.
Why did northerners not like the fugitive slave act?
Because it forced regular citizens to help capture runaway slaves, whether they wanted to or even agreed with slavery or not.
What part of the Compromise of 1850 pleased Northerners the most and which part pleased the southerners?
Northerners were most pleased that California was admitted as a free state. The south was pleased that the fugitive slave act REQUIRED assistance in capturing runaway slaves or face imprisonment.
What were the inpacts of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
It recruited many more Northerners to the Abolitionist cause, and inspired the Underground Railroad - the system of safe-houses by which runaway slaves were smuggled into Canada.
What two parts of the Compromise of 1850 appealed most to Northerners?
Northerners were most pleased that California was admitted as a free state. The south was pleased that the fugitive slave act REQUIRED assistance in capturing runaway slaves or face imprisonment.
How did the fugitive slave act cause more division between north and south?
The law made it a federal crime to aid runaway slaves and allowed the arrest of escaped slaves. Many northerners openly broke the law, angering slaveholders.
Why did some people in the North support the institution of slavery?
Northerners did not want the slaves to worry about unemployment like factory workers from the North.
When did northerners want slave trade abolished?
Around the early 1800's the Northerners realized how bad slaves really were to keep. A lot of northerners still though it was fine to have slaves.
Why did Northerners oppose the Fugitive Slave Act?
Northerners opposed the Fugitive Slacve law because they were against slavery, so they didn't want to help capture runaway slaves because they thought that if they had got away, then leave them alone. Besides it would make slavery worse in a way.
