The new Fugitive Slave Law threatened the freedom of Americans because (choose 2):(2 points)

Question

Responses

It required all citizens to turn in any person they knew to have escaped from slavery.
It required all citizens to turn in any person they knew to have escaped from slavery.

It put free Black people at risk of being enslaved if they were accused of being a runaway.
It put free Black people at risk of being enslaved if they were accused of being a runaway.

It restricted the ability of slaveholders to travel across state lines.

Answer 1

None of the given responses is correct. The correct responses are:

- It required all citizens to assist in the capture and return of escaped slaves.
- It allowed slave catchers to capture alleged fugitive slaves without due process or evidence.