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If a law is wrong (like the Fugitive Slave Act, for example), should

it be followed or not and why?

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no, it should not be followed

Step-by-step explanation:

in this case, the fugitive slave act required that escaped slaves are to be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. this restricted the freedom of enslaved people because they were not considered people, they were seen as property.

since a slave is still a person, even though they were not seen that way in the eyes of the slave states, it is following immoral views of society, and therefore should not be followed

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