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jan 29, 1850 - Compromise of 1850

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Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South before outbreak of war. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C. was then abolished.

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jan 29, 1850
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~ 175 years ago