fugitive slave law

? Qlevel 1 Qlevel 2 Qlevel 3 Why was the law put into effect? How was the North affected by the Act? Did the law have more success than hassle? Slaves were escaping from southern owners into the free states of the North. The law eventually added to the North's intolerance of slavery, which led to the Civil War that ultimately abolished it. A A A Northern abolitionists defied the act, even breaking the law in order to aid their cause. THE CAUSES & EFFECTS OF 1* 2* Emerson, Ralph Waldo. The Fugitive Slaw Law Address to Citizens of Concord. 3 May 1851. 1* the FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW renewal of Fugitive Slave Law of 1790? ? enforced even in the "free states" of the North ? allowed accused slaves no trial