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The Fugitive Slave Act required Americans to assist in the recovery of fugitive slaves and denied them the right to a jury trial.  This caused 20,000 blacks to flee to Canada.  Even free blacks were reportedly captured and sent to be slaves in the South.  The abolitionists redoubled their efforts, through use of the Underground Railroad, the resolution of the Compromise of 1850 proved to be only temporary.

The Fugitive Slave Act required Americans to assist in the recovery of fugitive slaves and denied them the right to a jury trial.  This caused 20,000 blacks to flee to Canada.  Even free blacks were reportedly captured and sent to be slaves in the South.  The abolitionists redoubled their efforts, through use of the Underground Railroad, the resolution of the Compromise of 1850 proved to be only temporary.