The Fugitive Slave Act forcibly compelled citizens to assist in the capture of runaway slaves. It also denied slaves the right to a jury trial and increased the penalty for interfering with the rendition process to $1000 and six months in jail. In order to ensure the statute was enforced, the 1850 law also placed control of individual cases in the hands of federal commissioners. These agents were paid $10.00 for returning a suspected slave and $5.00 for freeing them.
Select the statement that DOES NOT apply:
Group of answer choices
1. It benefited the commissioners to return slaves not free them.
2. Popular vote would determine whether escaped slave should remain free.
3. The law made Northerners responsible for returning slaves.
4.Slaves did not have a right to due process of the law.
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