5 "Resolved [Agreed] that they who teach obedience to the Fugitive Slave Law, while they admit
that the law is unjust, cruel and disgraceful, prove themselves [lacking in) moral principle, if not
of moral sense, and they are to be ranked with the hardened and [heartless] creatures who, for
a few dollars, will perform the disgusting office of slave-catcher to the slaveholder Resolved,
we regard the Fugitive Slave Law of the last Congress as a conspiracy against the liberties of
our country ..."
This resolution was adopted at a convention held in New York State in 1851. Which group
would be most likely to support it?*
(1 Point)
slaveholders
factory owners
abolitionists
Southern Democrats
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