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Compromise of 1850
introduced by Henry Clay, that contained 5 bills. The compromise was a solution of tensions in the United States. Within this compromise, the laws were to admit California as a free state, new fugitive slave laws which included forcing people to aid against their will. An important figure to this is Stephen Douglass, who was an advocate for popular sovereignty in Mexican territory north, along with the south (McPherson, 112) -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Book created by Harriet Beecher in 1852, written as a direct response to the Fugitive Slave Act. While the book touched upon as slaves were treated, and the problems behind slavery, southerners were to not own the book. If the southerns or slave owners were to own the book, they would get into trouble. The book was not only seen as a critique to southerns, but benefitted Northern families in a way. Southern cities also felt that the book was a way of spreading false information (Varon, 242-246) -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Act signed by Franklin Pierce, that was meaning to put an end to a spread of slavery into more territories. The creation of these two new territories soon repealed the Missouri Compromise. Within these two cities, they varied. Douglass implied Nebraska to be a free soil state, while Kansas would be open to slavery. Charles Sumner, abolitionist who spoke upon this act releases speech "The Crimes Against Kansas", stating Kansas shall be a free state. (Varon, 251-252)