1 jan 1850 ano - Compromise of 1850

Descrição:

President Millard Fillmore, Henry Clay, Daniel WEbster and Stephen A. Douglas drafted five separate laws that became known as the Compromise of 1850. These laws included a Fugitive Slave Act that allowed slave catchers to seek, catch, and return runaway slaves. It also resolved a boundary dispute between New Mexico and Texas, in favor of New Mexico, and also abolished slave trade in the District of Columbia. However, this act did not solve the underlying issue, and only furthered the split between the north and south.