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Slavery will not be allowed above the 36 30 line.
-Maine enters as a free state
-Missouri enters as a slave state -
Divides the country.
-North= supports it
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California enters as a free state
2. Slave trade allowed in Washington D.c
3. Territories will use popular sovereignty.
4.Passage of the fugitive slave law. -
Passage many slaves took to escape with help from Northerners.
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Runaway slaves had to be returned to the owner.
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Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
impact: Describes the horrors of slavery, made the abolish of slavery a priority. One of the best selling books of all time -
Official platform was to stop the expansion of slavery.
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The people territor would vote on the issue of slavery.
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Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom based on the fact he had lived in a free state.
-Supreme COurt ruled that
- Scott was not a citizen and could not be free
- Missouri Compromise unconstitutional -
Abolist John Brown led a raid on a federal arsenal in Virginia in an attempt to arm slaves and rebel.
North: Declared Brown a hero
South: Used the raid as an attack on the Republicans
