The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 forced law enforcement authorities ______.
A. in both the North and the South to act as slaveholders' agents in seizing and returning their "property"
B. in the North but NOT in the South to act as slaveholders' agents in seizing and returning their "property"
C. in the South but NOT in the North to act as slaveholders' agents in seizing and returning their "property"
D. in the South to recognize that any slave who became a fugitive but then successfully entered a free state became free
Answer: A
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