-What does this image of African American abolitionists killing a Maryland slaveholder searching for his runaway slave in Christiana, Pennsylvania, and the case of Shadrach Minkins, a runaway who was physically removed from his court hearing in Boston by abolitionists, reveal about abolitionists' attitudes toward the Fugitive Slave Act?
A) Abolitionists were willing to cooperate with slaveholders and return their property.
B) Abolitionists turned to religion to convince the public to resist this law.
C) Abolitionists were willing to break laws to resist the Fugitive Slave Act.
D) Abolitionists adhered to "personal liberty laws" that prohibited Northern state and local courts from trying cases of runaway slaves.

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-What does this image of African American abolitionists killing a Maryland slaveholder searching for his runaway slave in Christiana, Pennsylvania, and the case of Shadrach Minkins, a runaway who was physically removed from his court hearing in Boston by abolitionists, reveal about abolitionists' attitudes toward the Fugitive Slave Act?
A) Abolitionists were willing to cooperate with slaveholders and return their property. 
B) Abolitionists turned to religion to convince the public to resist this law. 
C) Abolitionists were willing to break laws to resist the Fugitive Slave Act. 
D) Abolitionists adhered to "personal liberty laws" that prohibited Northern state and local courts from trying cases of runaway slaves.

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The Answer is C

-What Does This Image of African American Abolitionists Killing a Maryland