1. A significant motivation for the passage of the law excerpted was a) to appease slave-holding plantation owners who feared the abolition of slavery b) to protect the rights of property held by all citizens c) to close the growing divide between the North and South over the issue of slavery d) to offer a compromise for passage of the Northwest Ordinance
“An Act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters.
Be it enacted, &c., That, whenever the Executive authority of any State in the Union, or of either of the Territories Northwest or South of the river Ohio, shall demand any person as a fugitive from justice, of the Executive authority of any such State or Territory to which such person shall have fled, and shall moreover produce the copy of an indictment found, or an affidavit made before a magistrate of any State or Territory as aforesaid, charging the person so demanded with having committed treason, felony, or other crime, certified as authentic by the Governor or Chief Magistrate of the State or Territory from whence the person so charged fled, it shall be the duty of the executive authority of the State or Territory to which such person shall have fled, to cause him or her arrest to be given to the Executive authority making such demand, or to the agent when he shall appear; but, if no such agent shall appear within six months from the time of the arrest, the prisoner may be discharged: and all costs or expenses incurred in the apprehending, securing, and transmitting such fugitive to the State or Territory making such demand, shall be paid by such State or Territory.”
Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
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The correct option for the first question is A) To appease the slave-holding plantation owners who feared abolishing slavery.
EXPLANATION: The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 was passed to regulate the plantations' pending departure by the slaves working there. The slaves used to leave the plantations, which made the owners of the plantations wary. There was no one to work in their fields, which caused the hampering of food products and impacted their economic conditions. They were the primary source of revenue for the US government, so the government decided to pass an act that aimed to bring back the fugitive slaves from any place back to their original plantation centers. This way, the US government tried to appease the plantation owners.
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