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What impact did the compromises have on the expansion of slavery?

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Slave trade was prohibited in Washington D.C. Slavery could be allowed in new Western Territories. Fugitive Slave Law allowed southerners to go into Northerner states and retrieve former slaves. The Compromise overturned the Missouri Compromise and left the overall issue of slavery unsettled.

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