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1706
New York declares blacks, Indians, and slaves who kill white people to be subject to the death penalty. -
slave trade act
this act was made so that no one could import slaves -
3/5 compromise
The 3/5 Compromise stated that a slave would count as 3/5 of a person in terms of both taxation and representation. It was called a compromise because it settled the ongoing arguments over regional power between the North and South. Therefore, they compromised that a slave would be counted as 3/5 of a person towards the total population. -
Compromise of 1850
On this day, Congress passes the first fugitive slave law, requiring all states, including those that forbid slavery, to forcibly return slaves who have escaped from other states to their original owners. -
Emanicipation Proclamation
this states that all slaves in the rebel territory were now free form any person.
