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The Compromise of 1850 included the creation of the Fugitive Slave Law. How did this law create additional tensions between the north and the south?

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Northerners were angered by having to identify and possibly be legally penalized for helping runaway slaves.

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It angered the Northern Abolitionists because they were forced to return slaves. ... Seven southern states seceded from the Union and fought for control of forts in the South.

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