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How did Northerners oppose the Fugitive Slave Act?

They passed personal liberty laws in some states.

They granted enslaved people a trial by jury.

They granted all escaped fugitives their freedom.

They became members of the Free Soil Party.

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The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by Congress as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern slave interests and the Northern Free Soil movement. TheFugitive Slave Act was one of the most controversial provisions of the 1850 compromise and heightened Northern fears of a "slave power conspiracy."

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they passed personal liberty laws in some states