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How did abolitionists respond to the capture of Shadrach Minkins?

They helped him escape from jail and got him a job in Boston.
They provided lawyers who represented him in Massachusetts.
They sent him to Canada on the Underground Railroad.
They sent him to California on the Underground Railroad.

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Shadrach Minkins was an African-American fugitive slave from Virginia who escaped in 1850 and reached Boston. He also used the pseudonyms Frederick Wilkins and Frederick Jenkins. He is known for being freed from a courtroom in Boston after being captured by United States marshals under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Members of the Boston Vigilance Committee freed and hid him, helping him get to Canada via the Underground Railroad. Minkins settled in Montreal, where he raised a family. Two men were prosecuted in Boston for helping free him, but they were acquitted by the jury.

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The answer is C: They sent him to Canada on the Underground Railroad.

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