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What resulted from the Fugitive Slave Act?

A. Passage of the law stopped violence in Kansas.
B. Most Northerners respected slaveholders’ rights.
C. Abolitionists were jailed in the North.
D. The law convinced many Northerners to help runaways.

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The answer is c as many abolitionists were jailed
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C. This law allowed slave owners to come and arrest people for helping slaves run away from the south. Many Abolitionists were jailed because of suspicion or participation in the "Underground Railroad".