According to the video The Coming of the Civil War, what is significant about personal liberty laws?
1) They protected the right of a slave owner to bring slaves to free territory without having to worry about freeing the slaves
2) They protected freedom of speech in Congress during the debates over Kansas and Nebraska
3) They offered freed African Americans and slaves protection against the Fugitive Slave Act
4) The nullified tariff laws and said that taxation could only occur if approved by state legislatures
Ans: 3) They offered freed African Americans and slaves protection against the Fugitive Slave Act
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