And Daniel Webster, a great opponent of slavery, supported the vile Compromise of 1850, fugitive Slave Act and all. |
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On September 9, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850, California was officially admitted into the United States as an undivided free state. |
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Among these were the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act, and the Dred Scott decision. |
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The Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Bleeding Kansas crisis dealt with whether new states would be slave or free, or how that was to be decided. |
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