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A line that was supposed to decide whether slavery would be allowed in certain territories or not.
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Plan to stop the spread of slavery into the territories won from Mexico.
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Party formed by Northerners who wanted to discuss the issue of slavery
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o California enters as Free State.
o Area from Mexican Cession divided into Utah and New Mexico. Slavery issue to be decided by POPULAR SOVEREIGNTRY.
o ENDED slave trade in Washington D.C.
o Made a STRICT Fugitive Slave Law.
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Law that Required citizens to catch runaway slaves.
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written to show the EVILS of slavery by telling the story of an older slave who was whipped to death by his owner
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Divided Kansas and Nebraska
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• Because of the violence going on in Kansas, John Brown and four of his sons, decide to take law into their own hands.
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• The Court ruled he was NOT a citizen but RATHER property and therefore he could not file a lawsuit.
