bc the southern states' economies needed the slave trade, and many southern delegates said they'd leave the Union if the constitution immediately ended the trade. =D
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed in 1850 as part of the Compromise of 1850. It required that escaped slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in free states. This law was highly controversial and fueled tensions between abolitionists and supporters of slavery.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was a law passed by the United States Congress as part of the Compromise of 1850. It required that all escaped slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in free states. This law was highly controversial and led to increased tensions between the North and South over the issue of slavery.
California admitted as a free state The Fugitive Slave Act strengthened New Mexico and Utah territories organized without restriction on slavery Slave trade abolished in Washington D.C. Texas compensated for lost territory with $10 million
Nat Turner was the slave whose violent rebellion in Virginia in 1831 led to many Southern states tightening their slave codes in order to prevent future uprisings. Turner's rebellion resulted in the deaths of around 60 white people and hundreds of Black people, and it led to increased restrictions on enslaved individuals and free Black people throughout the South.
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In America there was 11 free states and 11 slave states, before the compromise.
Two states were allowed into the Union, Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Missouri.html
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The Missouri Compromise set kind of a boundary between slave states and free states. The states South of the Missouri border were labeled as "slave" states and those north were labeled "free" states.
Resulting from the Missouri was a division of territory west of that state being divided north and south between possible slave and free states. Also, to keep a balance of slave and free states in Congress, Maine was admitted as a free state at the same time Missouri became a slave state.
18 states were free states, 15 states were slave states 33 states overall
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Mainly because it toughened-up the Fugitive Slave Act, allowing official slave-catchers to hunt down runaways. This recruited many new Abolitionists, and caused Harriet Beecher Stowe to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.
It kept the peace for thirty years - so it benefited both sides. Ironically both sides were dissatisfied with it, but at least they were equally dissatisfied, and it managed to keep the balance.
The Missouri compromise was one of the many ways the boundaries of America grew. The compromise admitted Missouri as a state and also brought the question of slavery to the forefront of many minds.