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  1. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
 

A.

allowed individual citizens to refuse to assist federal agents in capturing runaway slaves.

 

B.

allowed local authorities to protect runaway slaves from capture by federal agents.

 

C.

was a betrayal of the Compromise of 1850.

 

D.

was inconsistent with Southern leaders' defense of states' rights and local autonomy.

 

E.

required that runaway slaves have a trial by jury.

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