The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
A) required all citizens to help return escaped slaves to their owners.
B) forced foreign nations to return escaped slaves to the United States.
C) forced escaped slaves to turn themselves into authorities.
D) failed to anger northern abolitionists.
Answer: A
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