The Fugitive Slave Act upset many white Northerners. Why did this happen?Check any of the boxes that apply.

The Fugitive Slave Act penalized people who helped freedom seekers, so Northerners could be fined or jailed for doing so. It also allowed officials to compel citizens to help capture and return fugitives to enslavement, and the law led to free Black people being wrongly seized and enslaved. Not all white Northerners opposed slavery, so B is too broad.

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