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Why did many northerners object the fugitive slave law?

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Why did many northerners object the fugitive slave law?

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placed fines on people who would not cooperate and jail terms on people who helped fugitives escape. Also, southern slave catchers (aka federal marshals) roamed the North, sometimes capturing free African Americans with little regard for if they were free or fugitive slaves.

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