The fugitive slave clause of the Constitution ensured that slavery would be
A)outlawed by permanently banning the "migration or importation" of slaves to the United States.
B)outlawed by declaring all slave owners to be "fugitives" under federal law.
C)outlawed by preventing newly admitted states from legalizing slavery.
D)protected by obligating free states to return runaway slaves to the state from which they escaped.

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The fugitive slave clause, found in Article IV, Section 2 of the Constitution, required free states to return runaway slaves to the state from which they had escaped. This provision ensured that slavery would be protected and allowed to continue in the United States.

The Fugitive Slave Clause of the Constitution Ensured That Slavery