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The fugitive slave act was part of the group of laws referred to as the "compromise of 1850" http://www.nationalcenter.org/FugitiveSlaveAct.html
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American presidential election held, in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated southern democrat John C. Breckinridge https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1860
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