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A line was drawn on the 36 30 line. Stated that any state below the line was slave state, any state above line is free state. Missouri above the lone but enters as space state.
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Trading of slaves is banned.
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California joins U.S. Enters as free state because state constitution forbade slavery
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Slaves not allowed to have a trial by jury. Anyone helping slave escape would be fined and jailed.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe writes book about underground railroad.
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Made slavery the choice of popular sovereignty. Created more tension over slavery.
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800 proslavery forces took over town. Destroyed most of town.
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John Brown and a group of abolitionists killed 5 people at the Pottawatomie creek
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Local troops killed 10 men and hung John Brown.
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Prohibited slaver in lands that would be gained from war with Mexico.
