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What law required slaves who had escaped to free states to be forcibly returned to their owners in the South if caught?

Nebraska-Kansas Act

Dred Scott Act

Missouri Compromise

Fugitive Slave Act

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Fugitive Slave Act

The Fugitive Slave Act (especially the 1850 law) required that escaped enslaved people found in free states be returned to their owners and penalized those who aided their escape.