After Anthony Burns was seized as a fugitive slave in 1854, President Pierce:
A) ordered him freed.
B) sent troops to Boston to ensure his return to the South.
C) denounced the Fugitive Slave Law as unconstitutional.
D) refused to aid his owner in recovering him.
Answer: B
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