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The Compromise of 1850
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The North: California was entered into the Union as a free state. Slave trade was banned in Washington D.C.
The South: Popular Sovereignity would decide slavery in the rest of the Mexican Cession. Fugitive Slave law allowed now allowed runaways slaves to be arrested |
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Missouri Compromise
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Maine was admitted as a free state and Missouri was admitted as a slave state. States above the imaginary line would be free states and those below would be slave states.
It also allowed owners a right to find any runaway slaves |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was a fictional story about a slave and his master.
The North: Slavery now became a moral issue to Northerners not just a political one The South: They said the book was a form of propaganda and did not give an accurate picture of slavery |
