The fugitive slave law enacted as a part of the Compromise of 1850 was
a. a great step toward abolition.
b. adamantly opposed by southerners.
c. more favorable to slave owners than to the accused fugitive slave.
d. never put into effect.
e. the result of tireless efforts of abolitionists.
ANS: C
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