The correct answer should be: A) French Catholics were persecuted.
They denied him his freedom because while he lived in a free state he was still considered property, and it also declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional because of the difference between slave and free states
I think it should be the last answer!
The clause in section 1 of the fourteenth (14) amendment, which forces the governments to treat all American citizens equally, regardless of skin color is known as the Equal Protection Clause. This clause took effect in 1868. This clause provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction.