2 details about the fugitive slave act of 1850
1. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was a controversial law that required citizens to assist in the capture and return of escaped slaves to their owners. It imposed heavy penalties on those who aided slaves in their escape or harbored them.
2. The law further inflamed tensions between the North and South over the issue of slavery, as it essentially forced citizens in free states to support the institution of slavery by enforcing the return of escaped slaves to their owners in slave states. The Act also contributed to the growing abolitionist movement in the North.