"There Shall Be Neither Slavery nor Involuntary Servitude in the Said

Multiple Choice

"There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory,otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided,always,That any person escaping into the same,from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States,such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid." How did the authors of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 intend states in the new territory to deal with fugitive slaves from other states?

A) They would return the slaves to their lawful owners.
B) The slaves would be allowed to live as free people in the territory.
C) The slaves could become the property of landholding people in the territory.
D) The slaves would be jailed for life in the new territory.