For 10 points, name this part of the Compromise of 1850 which, zealously enforcing Constitutional Article IV, Section 2, mandated the return of those who escaped northward.
The Supreme Court upheld it in Ableman v. Booth, voiding Wisconsin's "personal liberty law" as contravening federal authority. Those charged under it were not entitled to a jury and could not testify in their own defense, and it authorized a network of "special commissioners" who could impose fines at will. For 10 points, name this part of the Compromise of 1850 which, zealously enforcing Constitutional Article IV, Section 2, mandated the return of those who escaped northward.
The Supreme Court upheld it in Ableman v. Booth, voiding Wisconsin's "personal liberty law" as contravening federal authority.
{Fugitive Slave Act} of 1850