One outcome of the Compromise of 1850 was that Congress passed the Fugitive slave act.
The Fugitive Slave Law was passed requiring northerners to return runaway slaves to their owners under penalty of law.
The United States Confress passed the Fugitive Slave Act or Fugitive Slave on September 18, 1850.
Abolitionists nicknamed it the "Bloodhound Law", for the dogs that were used to track down runaway slaves.
