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How did the Fugitive Slave Act contribute to sectional tensions over the issue of slavery?
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How did the Fugitive Slave Act contribute to sectional tensions over the issue of slavery?

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Northern states were required by law to return fugitive slaves to their masters. This caused tensions because many northerners did not want to send the slaves back. So this angered southerners.
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