The requirement that federal marshals and ordinary citizens help capture runaway slaves was a provision of:
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Correct answer: The Compromise of 1850
This provision was part of the Fugitive Slave Act within the 1850 Compromise. It penalized anyone who helped a runaway and made it a federal crime to refuse to assist in a slave's capture.
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