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What Was The Compromise Of 1850

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There were several components of the Compromise of 1850 that rubbed people the wrong way. The Fugitive Slave Act was one such thing. It gave even more power to slave holders, and allowed them a way to imprison free slaves; they could claim were runaways and the fugitives were not allowed a trial to argue their freedom. Harriet Beecher Stowe created a novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin about an abolitionist movement after the enactment of the Fugitive Slave Act. The need for a transcontinental railroad split Congress yet again. The Kansas- Nebraska Act was suggested by Stephen A. Douglas to develop the territory west of Missouri and Iowa for the railroad. The act being passed left the residents of Kansas in charge over how they wanted to approach slavery
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