In the 1850s,in an effort to undercut the Fugitive Slave Act,some northern states
A) called for secession from the South.
B) proposed a national referendum on the slave issue.
C) passed laws preventing the deportation of fugitive slaves.
D) forbid fugitive slave hunters from traveling in their state.
E) began actively funding the underground railroad.

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Northern states passed laws that were designed to prevent the deportation of fugitive slaves, effectively undermining the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. These laws were part of a broader resistance to the enforcement of federal laws that demanded the return of escaped slaves to their owners in the South.

In the 1850s,in an Effort to Undercut the Fugitive Slave