In the Supreme Court cause of Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842), the U.S. Supreme Court decided that
a. federal officials had a responsibility to return fugitive slaves but local state officials did not.
b. both federal and local state officials had an equal responsibility to return fugitive slaves.
c. although the Constitution allowed slaveholders to reclaim fugitive slaves, it did not require local state or federal officials to assist them in the process.
d. fugitive slaves could not be reclaimed from states which refused to recognize the legality of slavery.
a. federal officials had a responsibility to return fugitive slaves but local state officials did not.
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