Need today! Which of these describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen? A. Unlike escaped slaves, freedmen could vote in the territories of the Mexican Cession.

B. Unlike freedmen, escaped slaves were welcome in the gold mines of California.

C. Members of both groups could be sold in Washington, D. C., slave markets.

D. Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law.