What other ways did the Compromise of 1850 attempt to deal with the issue of slavery?

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19 February, 16:45

What other ways did the Compromise of 1850 attempt to deal with the issue of slavery?

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Under the Compromise, California was admitted to the Union as a free state; the slave trade was outlawed in Washington, D. C., a strict new Fugitive Slave Act compelled citizens of free states to assist in capturing enslaved people; and the new territories of Utah and New Mexico would permit