Question

Which of the following was NOT grounds for a runaway to be sent South after being brought before a federal commissioner?
A. an affidavit asserting that the captive had escaped from a slaveholder.
B. a testimony by the captive person.
C. a testimony by white witnesses.
D. none of the above.

Answer 1

The answer is B a testimony by the captive person.

Answer 2

Answer:

B. a testimony by the captive person.

Explanation:

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 permitted that any African American could be sent to the Southern States only based on the affidavit of anyone that claimed to be his ou her owner. 

The Act also prohibited African Americans from basic legal rights, they could not testify in one’s defense, this way a captive person could not testify.