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Who do you think got the better deal in the Compromise of 1850, the North or the South? Why?

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The South

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California becoming a free state and Utah + New Mexico being able to decide between being a slave or free territories made the North a little happy. The South however, got a better deal because the Fugitive Slave law was strengthened which made catching free slaves that escaped to other states easier. The slave trade was abolished in D.C. but slavery was still allowed so neither side really won in that regard.

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