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Abolition, slavery, and the Compromise of 1850

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What was one consequence of the Fugitive Slave Law?

(Choice A)
It created incentives for northerners who harbored fugitive slaves, resulting in more people in the North interacting with escaped slaves.
(Choice B)
It made northerners directly complicit in slavery, prompting many of them to take a firmer stance against slavery.
(Choice C)
It required southern slaveholders to register escaped slaves with the federal government, weakening states’ rights.