After Passage of the Fugitive Slave Law

question 41

Multiple Choice

After passage of the Fugitive Slave Law,

• A) Mexican authorities extradited runaway slaves to the United States for prosecution.
• B) many fugitive slaves living in the North, seeing the act as a threat to their freedom, moved to Canada.
• C) most northern judges refused to enforce the act because of its repressive nature.
• D) the Underground Railroad ceased to operate.

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