What was henry clay's primary purpose in offering the compromise of 1850?
a. the avoid a civil war over the issue of slavery
b. to eliminate the practice of popular sovereignty
c. to provide stricter penalties for those who harbored fugitive slaves
d. to ensure that new mexico and utah would enter the union as free states

Plz which of the following statements about the fugitive slave act of 1850 is not accurate? a. marshals you refuse to arrest a suspected fugitive could be find $1000. b. slave owners had to present evidence an african-american in the north was a fugitive slave. c. any person who provided food or shelter to a fugitive slave could be find $1000 and placed in jail for six months. d. it required of federal marshals to arrest any african-american suspected of being a runaway slave.