Compromise of 1850 - Milestone Documents

Compromise of 1850

( 1850 ) Commentary by Barry Alfonso, Independent Scholar, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • “It being desirable, for the peace, concord, and harmony of the Union of these States, to settle and adjust amicably all existing questions of controversy between them arising out of the institution of slavery upon a fair, equitable and just basis.” - Henry Clay's Resolutions, Preamble
  • “And be it further enacted, That no citizen of the United States shall be deprived of his life, liberty, or property, in said Territory, except by the judgment of his peers and the laws of the land.” - Act to Establish Texas’s Borders, Sec. 19
  • “In no trial or hearing under this act shall the testimony of such alleged fugitive be admitted in evidence.” - Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Sec. 6
  • “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, it shall not be lawful to bring into the District of Columbia any slave whatever.” - Act to Suppress the Slave Trade, Sec. 1
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