Question

  

Multiple Select Question

Which statements accurately describe the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793? (Choose 2)

A. 

It overturned a clause in the Constitution.

B. 

It made it easier to assist people who were escaping from slavery.

C. 

It provided specific procedures to enforce a clause in the Constitution.

D. 

It made it easier for slaveholders to capture people who escaped from slavery.

Answer 1

The two statements that accurately describe the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 are:

C. It provided specific procedures to enforce a clause in the Constitution.

D. It made it easier for slaveholders to capture people who escaped from slavery.