Compromise of 1850
Reese Vogel and Christina McGee
The Point of No Return: Compromise of 1850
The five parts of the Compromise of 1850
- Fugitive Slave Law
- California enters Union as a free state
- Resolved boundary dispute between Texas and New Mexico
- Slave trade in Washington DC abolished
- Organization of conquered lands into New Mexico and Utah territories and gave them popular sovereignty on the issue of slavery
President Millard Fillmore supporting the Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Law
The Effects of the Fugitive Slave Law
Northerners Protect the Colored People of Boston
Burns Fugitive Slave Case of 1854
Burns Fugitive Slave Case of 1854
Southern Resistance
The Fire-Eaters
Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854
Map of land division of Kansas Nebraska Act
Stephen Douglas
1856 Editorial Cartoon
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Picture of Stephen Douglas:
Editorial Cartoon: