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Use the advertisement featured in the Columbus Democrat, a Mississippi newspaper, in the 1800s to answer the question.

Runaway: From the subscriber near Clinton Greene county Alabama, my negro boy named FAGANS who is heavy built, about five feet eight or ten inches high, near thirty five years old, has a heavy black beard, large and long forehead, thin visage, a remarkable long sharp nose, and having lost one of his front teeth. Any person who will catch the above described boy and return him or give me any information shall be liberally rewarded. William M. Boykin, August 4th, 1838.

Which piece of Congressional legislation enforced the message of this advertisement and preserved slavery in the United States?

A.
the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

B.
the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

C.
the Missouri Compromise of 1820

D.
the Civil Rights Act of 1866

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B. the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Explanation: The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required federal and local officials (and all citizens) to assist in the capture and return of escaped enslaved people and imposed penalties on those who aided runaways. It strengthened enforcement of slaveholders' claims to “property” and helped preserve slavery nationally.