"And be it further enacted, That when a person held to service or labor in any State or Territory of the United States, has heretofore or shall hereafter escape into another State or Territory of the United States, the person or persons to whom such service or labor may be due... may pursue and reclaim such fugitive person." — Fugitive Slave Act, 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act was paired with which concession to free-state interests in the Compromise of 1850?
- A
A constitutional amendment banning slavery in territories
- B
Federal funding for the Underground Railroad
- C
Abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia entirely
- Dcheck_circle
California's admission as a free state
Explanation
The Compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state and abolished only the slave trade (not slavery) in D.C., balanced by the Fugitive Slave Act and popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico.