MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
COMPROMISE OF 1850
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the slave trade
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indentured servitude
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slavery
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished.
Detailed explanation-2: -The United States Congress abolished the slave trade in the District of Columbia on September 20, 1850, as part of the legislative package called the Compromise of 1850.
Detailed explanation-3: -The bills provided for slavery to be decided by popular sovereignty in the admission of new states, prohibited the slave trade in the District of Columbia, settled a Texas boundary dispute, and established a stricter fugitive slave act.
Detailed explanation-4: -Washington, D.C. was a capital not just of the United States, but of slavery, serving as a major depot in the domestic slave trade.