Among other provisions,the hated Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 required northerners to
A) patrol their borders with Canada to catch runaways.
B) provide free room and board to slave-catchers upon request.
C) organize regular militia patrols to watch for escaped slaves.
D) pay high penalties and face jail if caught aiding a runaway slave.
E) compensate southerner slaveholders for escaped slaves who were not recaptured.
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