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QuizMultiple Choice

Changing Abolitionism

Question 5 • (MACS) 2021 NY-US History CR Summer Quarter 1

How did the Fugitive Slave Act affect the legal systems of free states of the North?

Answer
A
It prompted the creation of new personal liberty laws.
B
It prevented attorneys from representing escaped enslaved people in court.
C
It prompted passage of laws against personal liberties for escaped enslaved people.
D
It changed how judges ruled at trials held in Northern courts.
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