What was a result of the Fugitive Slave Act?

The Fugitive Slave Act required people in free states to help capture and return people who had escaped slavery, and it denied those accused of escaping important legal protections. This angered many Northerners and increased conflict between the North and South. Therefore, the result was increased tensions, not greater sympathy for slave owners or the abolition of slavery in Washington, D.C.

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