One effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was that it heightened tensions between the North and the South over the issue of slavery. Many Northerners opposed the law and refused to comply with it, leading to increased resistance and defiance against the federal government. The act also increased the number of fugitive slaves captured and returned to their owners in the South, further exacerbating tensions between the two regions. Additionally, the act sparked more widespread abolitionist sentiment in the North and helped galvanize the growing anti-slavery movement.
