They were still allowed to have slaves in the south.
The Compromise of 1850 contained approval for California to enter the union as a free state. This package of five bills passed by the US Congress had compromises on several issues that were disputed between the southern slave states and the northern states.
The event you are referring to is the Compromise of 1850, where California was admitted as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Law was enacted. This law required the return of escaped slaves to their owners, regardless of where they were caught in the United States.
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California passed the first antipollution law in 1940.
It wasn't. California does not have a stand your ground law.
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Candy passed away in October of 2012, in southern California. She had great memories of her movie and performing career that spanned the 1960s, and sent her all over the world.
The State of California became a free State when the Compromise of 1850 was passed.
California has not passed a law regarding this issue.
The issue was slavery. California was expected to be admitted as a free state. The South knew that with enough more free states, the free states could get an amendment passed to outlaw slavery and so they wanted to prevent that possibility by keeping the number of free and slave states as equal as possible.
I tripped over a metal bar. There are age limits at bars. He passed his exam and was admitted to the bar.