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  2. Compromise of 1850 - Wikipedia

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    3.5 Debate and results. 4 ... The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that temporarily ...

  3. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 - Wikipedia

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    The Fugitive Slave Act or Fugitive Slave Law was a law passed by the 31st United States Congress on September 18, 1850, [1] as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free-Soilers. The Act was one of the most controversial elements of the 1850 compromise and heightened Northern fears of a slave power ...

  4. Fugitive slave laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The fugitive slave laws were laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory. The idea of the fugitive slave law was derived from the Fugitive Slave Clause which is in the United States Constitution ( Article IV , Section 2, Paragraph 3).

  5. Nashville Convention - Wikipedia

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    The Nashville Convention was a political meeting held in Nashville, Tennessee, on June 3–11, 1850.Delegates from nine slave states met to consider secession, if the United States Congress decided to ban slavery in the new territories being added to the country as a result of the Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican–American War.

  6. Prigg v. Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The Court overturned the conviction of slavecatcher Edward Prigg as a result. [1] [2] Occurring under the presidency of John Tyler, Prigg v. Pennsylvania weakened the enforcement mechanisms of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 by allowing states to forbid their officials from cooperating in the return of fugitive slaves. But, by asserting federal ...

  7. How has history's ranking of presidents changed over time? - AOL

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    During his one term in office, Fillmore kept the Union together with the Compromise of 1850, a package of bills that articulated how to handle slavery in the states acquired after the Mexican ...

  8. Oberlin–Wellington Rescue - Wikipedia

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    Thirty-seven rescuers were indicted, but as a result of state and federal negotiations, only two were tried in federal court. The case received national attention, and defendants argued eloquently against the law. When rescue allies went to the 1859 Ohio Republican convention, they added a repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law to the party platform ...

  9. Wilmot Proviso - Wikipedia

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    Iowa was not a state until December 1846 and Texas's border was not defined this way until 1850.) William W. Wick, Democrat of Indiana, attempted to eliminate total restriction of slavery by proposing an amendment that the Missouri Compromise line of latitude 36°30' simply be extended west to the Pacific. This was voted down 89–54.