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canvas.polk.edu C C + 88 M Question 1 of 12 – Summative Quiz for Chapter 12 The Fugitive Slave Law 022-23 A The Fugitive Slave Law F Due: Fri Apr 21, 2023 11:59pm ncements Offline Score: EN Add Comment Attempt 1 REVIEW FEEDBACK F llan Learning ments Now, therefore, to the end that the authority of the laws may be maintained and those concerned in violating them brought to immediate and condign punishment, I have issued this my proclamation, calling on all well-disposed citizens to rally to the support of the laws of their country, and requiring and Ions commanding all officers, civil and military, and all other persons, civil or military, who shall be found within the vicinity of this outrage, to be aiding and 22 assisting by all means in their power in quelling this and other such combinations and assisting the marshal and his deputies in recapturing the above- mentioned prisoner; and I do especially direct that prosecutions be commenced against all persons who shall have made themselves aiders or abettors in or to this flagitious offense. Source: The Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1913 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1913), 988. Interpret the Evidence 1. How did African Americans in Boston justify their right to defend themselves in defiance of the Fugitive Slave Law, and how would they have responde to Fillmore’s Proclamation 56? 2. How does President Fillmore characterize the Boston abolitionists who sought to free fugitives like Shadrach Minkins, and what consequences does he utton propose for flouting the law? tions Put It in Context What do the conflicts over implementation of the Fugitive Slave Law in Boston suggest about the long-term impact of the law? Course Choose a submission type purse T . . . Course Text Upload More Submit Assignm MacBook Pro % & A 5 6 7 8 E R T Y U O P