The Fugitive Slave Act further divided Northerners and Southerners. This division between North and South was often called sectionalism.
Below are some of the opinions that Americans had about the Fugitive Slave Act. Decide if
someone with that opinion would likely support or oppose the Fugitive Slave Act.
Supports Fugitive
Slave Act
Opposes Fugitive
Slave Act
I am a Northern farmer. I don't care
if the South has slavery, but we
Northerners shouldn't have to help
Southern slaveholders recapture
escaped enslaved people.
I am a Southern slaveholder. The
North needs to stop allowing my
escaped enslaved people to live in
.