Question

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11. Why did the Fugitive Slave Law of
1850 anger the North?
A. More slave ships were allowed into
the country
B. Resulted in increased cotton prices
C. Immigrants were searched without
cause
D. Forced Northerners to return
runaway slaves to their owners

Answer 1

Northerners bristled at the idea of turning their states into a stalking ground for bounty hunters, and many argued the law was tantamount to legalized kidnapping. Some abolitionists organized clandestine resistance groups and built complex networks of safe houses to aid enslaved people in their escape to the North.