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the compromise of 1850
California was allowed to enter the United States as a free state. -
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Pat Baker Events leading up to the Civil War
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the fugitive slave act
The law passed by the Untied States on September 18, 1850. -
ANTISLAVERY
Sister Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book about antislavery called Uncle Tom's Cabin which was published in 1852.