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20 November, 17:43

Why would the US congress pass such laws to return slaves who escaped back to their masters?

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  1. 20 November, 19:29
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    The Act was one of the most controversial elements of the 1850 compromise and heightened Northern fears of a "slave power conspiracy". It required that all escaped slaves, upon capture, be returned to their masters and that officials and citizens of free states had to cooperate.
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