What was the northern reaction to the passage of the fugitive slave act

They were angry at the law and some states tried to make legislation to circumvent the fugitive slave act.

Was giving by lincoln on march 4, 1865-as lincoln prepared to speak, the civil war was drawing to a close-lincolns address of 703 words was the second shortest inaugural address-lincoln mentions god 14 times-505 of the words were one syllable -he used the word "war" or it's pronoun 9 times