What did the South gain from the Compromise of 1850?

The Compromise of 1850 included a stricter Fugitive Slave Act, which required the return of people who had escaped slavery and imposed penalties on those who helped them. This strengthened slaveholders’ ability to reclaim enslaved people, so the South gained a more effective fugitive slave law. The compromise ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C., rather than restoring it.

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