Why did some northerners support personal liberty laws? a the fugitive slave act paid judges more if they ruled against slave owners. b they resented federal intervention in the affairs of independent states. c the “christiana riot” showed that slave owners would violently resist the law. d they believed runaway slaves should be returned to their owners in the south.

I think it's B.

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