A. Survey PlanThis survey will assess how Northern and Southern political views on the Fugitive Slave Law cause division between the two parts of the country? The purpose of this investigation is to analyze Northern and Southern criticism of the Fugitive Slave Law and how their political views created division between the United States, further leading to factors of civil war. To do this, critics will be examined by analyzing articles on fugitive slaves from the North and South and interpreting their views on the fugitive slave law. The investigation will also evaluate the Fugitive Slave Act and how that law reinforced disunity between the states by examining Confederate and Union criticism.B. Summary of Evidence According to the Rochester, the Fugitive Slave Act was a law that was created on February 12, 1793, to target runaway slaves and bring them to justice. (Rochester 16) The law states that if a runaway slave crosses west or south of the Ohio River, then he is considered a fugitive from justice. (Rochester 16) Following a runaway, the law also states that if a runaway slave is in someone's custody, he or she must return him or her to the state or territory from which he or she escaped. fled. It stated that if a person refused to relinquish a slave, the slave owner had the right to arrest or seize anyone's slave. (Rochester 17) It further provided that anyone who refused to cooperate with the law and renounced a slave would have to pay a fine of five hundred dollars or be arrested. (Rochester 17) When the Fugitive Act was enforced, many Northerners refused to recognize the law because they considered it unethical. In the Arctic...... middle of paper ......New York] June 29, 1854: 8+. Print.Dorr, James A. Reply to Objections to the Act of Congress, commonly called the Fugitive Slave Act, in a Letter to Hon. Washington Hunt, governor-elect of New York State. New York: Sn, 1850. Print.King, Milwaukee R. Unconstitutionality of the Wisconsin Supreme Court's Fugitive Slave Act Decisions in Booth and Rycraft. Milwaukee: R. King, 1855. Print. Kingsbury, Harmon. Thoughts on the Fugitive Slave Law and the Nebraska Bill. New York: np, 1855. Print.Rochester, Dewey DM The Constitution of the United States, with the laws of Congress relating to slavery, the adoption, the Constitution, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, the Missouri Compromise Act of 1820, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, and Nebraska and Kansas bill, carefully compiled. Rochester: DM Dewey, 1854. Print. Total Word Co