What positive effect did the fugitive slave law have?

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The Fugitive Slave Act only had a positive effect for the people who were pro-slavery. It forced Federal Marshalls, whether they were employed in slave states or not, to assist slave hunters to catch runaway slaves. Going even further, the law gave these marshalls the authority to draft ordinary citizens to aid the slavers as well.

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