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People in the North and the South were unhappy with the Fugitive Slave Act, though for different reasons. Northerners did not want to enforce the act , whereas Southerners felt the act did not do enough to ensure the return of their escaped property.

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On January 21, 1850, Henry Clay, now a senator from Kentucky, trudged through a Washington snowstorm to pay a call on Senator Daniel Webster of Massachusetts. Clay, the creator of the Missouri Compromise, had a new plan to end the deadlock over California, but he needed Webster's support to get his plan through Congress. Clay's plan pretty much pleased everyone. It would admit California to the Union as a free state, which would please the North. It also allowed New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether to allow slavery, which pleased the South. After 9 months, the plan was accepted.

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For the next 3 years Wilmont Proviso, Congress debated what to do about slavery in the territory gained from Mexico. Southerners wanted all of the Mexican Cession open to slavery, but Northerners wanted all of it closed. Then, in 1849, California applied for admission to the Union as a free state. Northerners welcomed this request, but the Southerners rejected it.

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In 1846, Pennsylvania representative David Wilmont added an amendment to the bill known as the Wilmont Proviso that stated " neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist" in any part of the territory that might be acquired from Mexico as a result of the Mexican-American war.

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When the saved escaped, there were many Northerners and Southerners helped them. They would hide in their cellars and take the underground railroads to escape to free states. As a result, the slave holders were outraged. This eventually led to the slave owners to create a law that said anyone who would help slaves would be arrested, and the slaves would have virtually no rights

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During the 1830's, abolitionists flooded congress with antislavery petitions, but they were told that Congress had no power to interfere with with the slavery in the states. Abolitionists who wondered about the status of the District of Columbia: did Congress have the power to ban slavery in the nations capital? After this, Congress decided to table all of the petitions. This outraged the abolitionists, who went on to attach slavery in newspapers and meetings. This scared the white slave owners, so much so they provided a 5,000 dollar reward for the arrest for abolitionists who spoke out.

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During the 1830's, abolitionists flooded congress with antislavery petitions, but they were told that Congress had no power to interfere with with the slavery in the states. Abolitionists who wondered about the status of the District of Columbia: did Congress have the power to ban slavery in the nations capital? After this, Congress decided to table all of the petitions. This outraged the abolitionists, who went on to attach slavery in newspapers and meetings. This scared the white slave owners, so much so they provided a 5,000 dollar reward for the arrest for abolitionists who spoke out.

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What Was the Missouri Compromise? | History

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In an effort to preserve the balance of power in congress between free and slave states, the Missouri compromise was passed in 1820 and made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state. Doing this, it made slavery forever prohibited in states North of the 36th parallel.

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In an effort to preserve the balance of power in congress between free and slave states, the Missouri compromise was passed in 1820 and made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state. Doing this, it made slavery forever prohibited in states North of the 36th parallel.