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Sectionalism:Question 10

What was the main reason that most northerners were opposed to the
new Fugitive Slave Act created by the Compromise of 1850?

Sectionalism:Question 10 What was the main reason that most northerners were opposed-example-1
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They felt it gave the commissioners too much power and was unfair to slaves by giving them a trail without injury

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