Among other provisions, the hated Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 required northerners to

a. patrol their borders with Canada to catch runaways.
b. provide free room and board to slave-catchers upon request.
c. organize regular militia patrols to watch for escaped slaves.
d. pay high penalties and face jail if caught aiding a runaway slave.
e. compensate southerner slaveholders for escaped slaves who were not recaptured.


d

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