As a result of the revised Fugitive Slave Law in the Compromise of 1850, __________.
a. tens of thousands of escaped slaves were returned to the South
b. slaveholders found it much more difficult to retrieve runaway slaves
c. suspected fugitives were denied basic constitutional protections
d. the average sale price for a slave increased
c. suspected fugitives were denied basic constitutional protections
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