(5 points) A. It required all Americans to return runaway slaves to their owners, and free states opposed this law. B. It required all runaway slaves to be hung, and most people in free and slaveholder states were against this form of punishment. read more
This is what made the fugitive slave acts so controversial. The south felt that the north was violating their agreement and the Northern states felt their rights were also being trampled on. read more
It required citizens to assit in the recovery of fugitive slaves. read more