He feared that such a policy would be unpopular in the border states.
Answer:
1. Separation of powers
2. Decide if an action is constitutional
Explanation:
The United States Constitution which was created following the 1787 Constitutional Convention, had founding fathers created checks and balances by establishing "Separation of powers."
Here asides from the power of other branches of government such as Executive and Legislature, the primary power of the judicial branch over others is to "Decide if an action is constitutional."
"b. Women search for plant foods while men herd their domesticated animals" and "<span>c. They meet all of their food needs by killing animals" are not correct, since the fact that they have to hunt means they don't have any domesticated animals, and they could also get food from plants. </span>
Douglass portrays the slave traders and agents for slave traders as men auctioning for cattle instead of human beings. The slave traders and agents for slave traders at no point stop to think what they are doing is wrong, instead, it is business as usual and they are eager to acquire misbehaved slaves at steep discounts, much the same as farmers will bid pennies on the dollar for underweight farm animals.
I believe the answer is C. They were a distraction from a large budget deficit that the leaders of Salem had recently incurred.