C) The American Civil War started ten years later and the compromises were intended to prevent this.
B- a lot of slaves back then tried to escape their lives of entrapment and being owned by other human beings,so they would attempt to make their way to the North where slavery was not accepted or used. If slaves made it north they would have lived their lives as free people,but if they were caught they were usually beaten or killed to make an example to show other slaves what would happen if they ran away.
Answer:
C
He blamed the Christians for starting a fire.
