Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
it bans slavery
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The part that particularly angered Northerners was that if they did not enforce the act, they were subject to jail time or a fine. Even if Northerners opposed slavery, they could still be neutral in terms of what they do to help slaves or not. The Fugitive Slave Act forced them to go against their own beliefs with this potential jail time or fine, which really angered them.
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<span>The important thing about it was that it paved the way for the Liberation War because the war left Britain much poorer which it tried to compensate for by taxing colonies more which didn't go well. Also, it showed that it was possible to stand up to britain and France showed the colonists how to fight together against Britain.</span>
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