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In 1850, Congress attempted to resolve the contentious issue of slavery through a series of compromises known as the Compromise of 1850. This legislative package included measures such as admitting California as a free state, implementing popular sovereignty in the territories of New Mexico and Utah, and enacting a stricter Fugitive Slave Law. The aim was to balance the interests of slaveholding and free states, but it ultimately only postponed the conflict over slavery, leading to further tensions and division in the nation.

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What was the compromise of 1950?

There is not a Compromise of 1950 but there is a Compromise of 1850. The Compromise of 1850 consists of five laws passed in September of 1850 that dealt with the issue of slavery.


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Yes, there was slavery in the 1950's.


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They abolished slavery in 1865 Completely in 1950


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Yes, In the 1950's there was slavery. In the 1950's black people were used as slaves because people thought white had rights to more freedom while black could not due to there skin color.


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First Issue, 1950-1973. Second Issue, 1973-1981.


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