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jun 1, 1853 - popular sovereignty

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the sovereign people of a given territory should decide whether to allow slavery. Seemingly a compromise, it was largely opposed by Northern abolitionists who feared it would promote the spread of slavery to the territories

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jun 1, 1853
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~ 173 years ago