Which of the following was most likely the main reason that most northerners were opposed to the new Fugitive Slave Act created by the Compromise of 1850? They felt it would make it harder to convince southerners that slavery was wrong.

They felt it would encourage slaves to resort to rebellion and violence to protest the new law.

They did not like the act since it required them to recapture slaves who had run away to the North.

They felt it was going to force them to free the slaves that they owned.