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Missouri comprise
The Missouri comprise were a series of laws that helped maintain the balance between slave state and free states -
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The Slave act was passed in 1850 and allowed white peoples in the north to capture escaped slaves in the north if they didn't have there papers and send them back to the south. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scot was a slave who sued for his freedom. But the court declared that he was property and could not be taken from his owner.
