Question
How did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 affect enslavement?
Responses
It stopped enslavers from looking for people who had run away.
It stopped enslavers from looking for people who had run away.
It allowed enslaved persons the right to trial by jury.
It allowed enslaved persons the right to trial by jury.
It punished people who helped enslaved people escape.
It punished people who helped enslaved people escape.
It give citizenship to any enslaved person who ran away to a free state.
Responses
It stopped enslavers from looking for people who had run away.
It stopped enslavers from looking for people who had run away.
It allowed enslaved persons the right to trial by jury.
It allowed enslaved persons the right to trial by jury.
It punished people who helped enslaved people escape.
It punished people who helped enslaved people escape.
It give citizenship to any enslaved person who ran away to a free state.
Answers
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The correct response is:
**It punished people who helped enslaved people escape.**
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 mandated that escaped enslaved individuals be returned to their enslavers and imposed penalties on individuals who aided their escape or refused to assist in their capture. This law heightened tensions between free and slave states and contributed to the antebellum conflict over slavery in the United States.
**It punished people who helped enslaved people escape.**
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 mandated that escaped enslaved individuals be returned to their enslavers and imposed penalties on individuals who aided their escape or refused to assist in their capture. This law heightened tensions between free and slave states and contributed to the antebellum conflict over slavery in the United States.