The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
A) won the grudging support of Ralph Waldo Emerson as a necessary compromise.
B) gave new powers to federal officers to override local law enforcement.
C) was declared unconstitutional in the Dred Scott case.
D) angered southerners by weakening an earlier law on fugitive slaves.
E) convinced Abraham Lincoln to retire briefly from political life.
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