Many northern states passed personal-liberty laws in order to
A) minimize the enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Law.
B) weaken the position of free blacks in their states.
C) weaken the abolitionist movement by offering some personal liberties to blacks but not true equality.
D) protect the rights of white men against the attacks of abolitionists and women.
E) make sure that the Bill of Rights was respected.
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