Why Did So Many Northerners Ignore the Fugitive Slave Act

Multiple Choice

Why did so many Northerners ignore the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793?

A) Northerners resented the imposition of slaveholding values on their states.
B) The law was passed illegally by powerful Southerners.
C) The Fugitive Slave Act turned free states into slave states.
D) Northerners held less regard for the laws than Southerners did.