The new Fugitive Slave Law enacted in 1850
A) required ordinary citizens to assist in the capture and return of runaway slaves.
B) was carefully designed to protect the basic civil liberties of fugitive slaves and northern free African Americans.
C) generally went unenforced.
D) was ruled unconstitutional in Prigg v. Pennsylvania.
A
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What caused the North American African American population to outpace the growth in the Caribbean?
a. the need for fewer slaves in the Caribbean b. the lower death rate in the Caribbean c. a higher rate of importation to North America d. the more temperate climate of North America
The African slave trade helped in the advancement of
A) crops. B) agricultural techniques. C) medical knowledge. D) All of the above.
The act that put a tax on legal documents and other items such as newspapers was the __________.
A. Stamp Act B. Sugar Act C. Intolerable Acts D. Declaratory Act
Why did Frederick Douglass include his own picture and signature in his book, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave?
A) to protect himself from those who might try to pass themselves off as him B) to prove that he was indeed African American C) to accord with standard publishing practices of the day D) to increase the authenticity of the work