The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 included all of the following provisions except
a. the requirement that fugitive slaves be returned from Canada.
b. denial of a jury trial to runaway slaves.
c. denial of fleeing slaves' right to testify on their own behalf.
d. the penalty of imprisonment for northerners who helped slaves to escape.
e. a higher payment to the federal official responsible for determining the case of a fugitive if the official determined that the fugitive was a slave and not a free black person.
a
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