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Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850 • Based on Henry Clay’s Proposal • New York’s William Seward, argued that the morality of God’s “higher law” against slavery was more important than popular sovereignty.
Compromise of 1850 • Radical southerners organized boycotts against northern goods, and a few even promoted separation from the Union.
Compromise of 1850 • Political discussions get violent • Senators using violence over the debate of whether California would be admitted as a free or slave state • One senator pulled out a gun
Compromise of 1850 • In the end, senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois took charge and got the Compromise of 1850 passed in Congress. • California was admitted as a free state, and the policy of popular sovereignty was applied to the territory acquired from Mexico.
Compromise of 1850 • Texas relinquished, gave up, its claims on New Mexico in return for $10 million from the federal government to pay its debts • Slave trade prohibited in Washington D. C.
Compromise of 1850 • Fugitive Slave Act added stricter amendments to the earlier Fugitive Slave Act, including the requirement that private citizens assisting in catching runaway slaves. • Citizens who assisted a fugitive slave could be fined or imprisoned.
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