In your opinion, why did Fugitive Slave Act create division between the North and the South?

Question

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Answer 1

As more and more slaves made their escape, southerners became more insistent on strict enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act. Especially after the Act was strengthened in the Compromise of 1850, northerners resented the fact that southerners could come into their territory and force northerners to assist their recovery efforts. And when northerners refused to help, the south was further angered.

Answer 2

These are listed as some of the main reasons as to why the Fugitive Slave Act created division between the North and South:

The North was industry-based and relied more on the urban lifestyle; whereas, in the South, the industry was slave labor. Thus, being that Southerners felt that slaves were lazy and/or incompetent they wanted, through the law, to control the movements of runaway slaves by returning them to the plantations. This was even more controversial as free, Black men were re-enslaved and used for cheap labor. This led to a rise in abolition efforts and the ways that bounties and harsher punishments were given across the nation.