what can you infer about the legal status of people who has escaped from slavery along the underground railroad into northern states

Escaped slaves not protected by the government because of the rules in the South, which forced them to return to their masters if found.

Explanation:

Southerners defended slavery as they were part of the South economy. Slaves worked in plantations as labours and household as servants. Harriett Tubman played a significant role in helping escaped slave in the Northern states after becoming active in the Underground Railroad as a conductor. Runaway slaves who had fled with the Underground Railroad into north states not shielded by law and could be rightfully returned to their southern slave owners if discovered.

for this case we have the following equation:

we apply distributive property to the terms within parentheses.

subtracting 2 on both sides of the equation:

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