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How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect the Underground Railroad?

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It gave a negative affect to the Underground Railroad forcing them to be fined 1,000 dollars and had to spend time in jail as well.

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It prompted expansion, more abolitionists joined the cause to help African-americans escape slavery and more African Americans wanted to escape to the north and some even left the country to avoid being enslaved again under the Fugitive Slave Act.
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