Why did the new Fugitive Slave Act outrage abolitionists?
A) It offered a strong temptation to kidnap free blacks in northern free states.
B) It required the licensing of slave catchers.
C) It guaranteed fugitive slaves a jury trial.
D) It allowed northern states to become slave states.
E) It reintroduced the legal international slave trade.
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