The Compromise of 1850
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- The Dred Scott Case
- The court has now decided that slaves who are descendants of American slaves are not citizens of the United States.
- You’re taking my freedom away, I’m suing you for this!
- The Fugitive Slave Act
- We should pass an act empowering slave owners to seize runaway slaves, this is a serious issue!
- I agree. We need to pass a law, although it may become controversial, it’s very much necessary.
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act
- We must create a divide between the two territories
- Yes, a territorial organic act that will create the territories of Kansas and Nebraska
- Dred Scott goes to court to sue for his freedom in 1847 with the help of antislavery lawyers, and his case is later published in 1857 by Roger B. Taney.
- The Fugitive Slave Act was passed by U.S Congress on September 18, 1850, and it empowered slave owners to seize runaway slaves. It became one of the most controversial elements of the 1850 compromise.
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was a territorial organic act that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska on May 30, 1854.
- We must create a divide between these two territories
- We must create an act to separate our states
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