A famous novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe rallied northern hostility toward one particular component of the Compromise of 1850, the

A. fugitive slave law, which allowed southerners to more easily reclaim their runaway slaves.
B. re-drawing of the Texas boundary.
C. provision that Mormon Utah could decide for itself whether to be slave or free.
D. failure to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia.


Answer: A

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