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To appease the South in return for allowing California to enter the Union as free soil.

It backfired badly, arousing fierce anti-slavery opinion in the North. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written in response to it.

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The Fugitive Slave Law was written as part of the Compromise of 1850 to address the issue of runaway slaves. It required that escaped slaves be returned to their owners, even if they had reached free states.

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