Some northerners supported personal liberty laws because they resented federal intervention in the affairs of independent states. Personal liberty laws were enacted in various northern states to counter the Fugitive Slave Act, which they viewed as a violation of states' rights and an infringement on their ability to legislate for their own jurisdictions.
Why did some northerners support personal liberty laws? (1 point)
They believed runaway slaves should be returned to their owners in the South.
The Fugitive Slave Act paid judges more if they ruled against slave owners.
The "Christiana Riot" showed that slave owners would violently resist the law.
They resented federal intervention in the affairs of independent states.
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