Why might the Fugitive Slave Act have allowed for higher fees to be paid to commissioners who returned suspected runaway slaves to slaveholders?

People had suspicion that people wanted slaves returned. But with a slave act, it was now known that people are serious about it. Because the seriousness about the Slave return was high, people began to ask for large rewards to return slaves.

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world war i began in 1914, after the assassination of archduke franz ferdinand, and lasted until 1918. during the conflict, germany, austria-hungary, bulgaria and the ottoman empire (the central powers) fought against great britain, france, russia, italy, romania, japan and the united states (the allied powers). to new military technologies and the horrors of trench warfare, world war i saw unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction. by the time the war was over and the allied powers claimed victory, more than 16 million people—soldiers and civilians alike—were dead.

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6 pounds is equivalent to 92 ounces.

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