Kansas-Nebraska Act
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- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Slavery, Slaves, Laws, Acts, Legislation, Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations
- Curriculum: African American History, American History 1816-1855
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: May 30, 1854
Article abstract: The Compromise of 1850 proves temporary when the problem of slavery in the territories reemerges.
Summary of Event
The issue of the expansion of slavery was laid aside only temporarily with the passage of the Compromise of 1850, although the compromise had seemed to be fairly successful in the two or three years immediately following its enactment. Several events kept the compromise in the public eye, including the seizure in the North of African Americans under the provisions of the Second Fugitive Slave Law (1850), the publication of...
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