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the compromise of 1850
its mostly because of the fugitive slave act.
the most controversial part of the 1850 compromise was California becoming a free state.
opposed to slavery but also hostile to immediate abolitionists
it stop slavery in most of the states
Fillmore angered the abolitionists and other anti-slavery groups in the North, by the Fugitive Slave Act, which was part of the Compromise of 1850. This compromise was engineered by Henry Clay. It was opposed by Fillmore's predecessor, Taylor.
The Fugitive Slave Act. It turned ordinary citizens into unpaid slave-catchers, and provoked Harriet Beecher Stowe into writing 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
The Fugitive Slave Act
The enactment of the new fugitive slave law
It settled most differences over slavery.
The Fugitive Slave Law
Northerners were most pleased that California was admitted as a free state. The south was pleased that the fugitive slave act REQUIRED assistance in capturing runaway slaves or face imprisonment.