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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Changing Abolitionism

Question 3 • (MACS) 2021 NY-US History CR Summer Quarter 1

Why did some fugitives go to Canada instead of staying in Northern states?

Answer
A
Canada’s Fugitive Slave Act was less harsh than the one passed by the United States.
B
Fugitives risked being captured in Northern states.
C
Former enslaved persons were not allowed to live as free people in Northern states.
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