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Which of the following was most likely the main reason that most northerners were opposed to the new Fugitive Slave Act created by the Compromise of 1850?

Select one:

●They felt it would encourage slaves to resort to rebellion and violence to protest the new law.

● They felt it was going to force them to free the slaves that they owned.

●They did not like the act since it required them to recapture slaves who had run away to the North.

● They felt it would make it harder to convince southerners that slavery was wrong.​

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Answer:

They did not like the act since it required them to recapture slaves who had run away to the North.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Fugitive Slave Act kept them at risk in the United States and Canada had always been a destination of the Underground Railroad.

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