After Anthony Burns Was Seized as a Fugitive Slave in 1854

question 73

Multiple Choice

After Anthony Burns was seized as a fugitive slave in 1854, President Pierce __________.

• A) ordered him freed
• B) sent troops to Boston to ensure his return to the South
• C) denounced the Fugitive Slave Law as unconstitutional
• D) refused to aid his owner in recovering him

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