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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

Fugitive Slave Act

Missouri Compromise

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Fugitive Slave Act

This law (especially the strengthened 1850 Fugitive Slave Act) required that escaped enslaved people found in free states be returned to their owners and imposed penalties on anyone who helped them, plus federal enforcement.