21h 34min, jan 29, 1850 y - Compromise of 1850
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The Compromise of 1850 was created to settle the dispute that arose from California wanting to join the Union as a free state. To satisfy the south, they put the Fugitive Slave Act to have all runaway slaves returned to their owners.
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21h 34min, jan 29, 1850 y
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~ 174 years ago