Question

Which of the following pieces of legislation included increased penalties for enslaved people who liberated themselves and anyone who assisted them?

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Answer 1

Following increased pressure from Southern politicians, Congress passed a revised Fugitive Slave Act in 1850. Part of Henry Clay ’s famed Compromise of 1850—a group of bills that helped quiet early calls for Southern secession—this new law forcibly compelled citizens to assist in the capture of runaways.

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