Why Did the New Fugitive Slave Act Outrage Abolitionists

question 18

Multiple Choice

Why did the new Fugitive Slave Act outrage abolitionists?

• A) It offered a strong temptation to kidnap free blacks in northern free states.
• B) It required the licensing of slave catchers.
• C) It guaranteed fugitive slaves a jury trial.
• D) It allowed northern states to become slave states.
• E) It reintroduced the legal international slave trade.

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