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The Fugitive Slave Act was put in place to ensure southern farmers the return of their slaves. Many northerners were unhappy about this. This caused many northerners to refuse the return of the runaway slaves.

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Henry Clay, then senator ,made the Missouri Compromise . Now he was trying to make a new plan for the issues that are still happening in the US.This paln included adding California as a free state, Allowing New Mexico and Utah territories to choose weather or not they allowed slavery and ended the slave trade in DC.

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For the next three years, congress struggled to reach a compromise. They decided to extend the compromise line all the way to the Pacific. Then in 1849, California was admitted as a free state.

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Due to the gag rule, slavery was not a Congressional problem for ten years. Until a Pennsylvania Representative,  David Wilmot made the "Wilmot Proviso". This stated that in the territory gained from Mexico, no man was a slave.

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Nat Turners rebellion goes down in history as one of the largest slave rebellions in history. Slaves were often helped once they reached the north, but in the south they often were hunted. If caught they would be returned to the slave master.

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After a few years, abolitionist started to protest the compromise. This became the start of the "Gag Rule", this included setting aside all anti-slavery petitions. Causing the unravel of The Missouri Compromise.

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In 1820, congress met in the nations capitol to discuss the development of a new state, Missouri. Over the course of time, they finally agreed to a compromise. This compromise included , adding Missouri as a slave state, adding Maine as a free state, and they added a line at 36 30`. Any state above this line could not permit slavery legal.