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How was Texas affected by the Compromise of 1850?

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Texas lost its boundary claims in New Mexico, but the Congress compensated Texas with $10 million. Slavery was maintained in the nation's capital, but the slave trade was prohibited. ... The Compromise of 1850 overturned the Missouri Compromise and left the overall issue of slavery unsettled.
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Texas lost its boundary claims in New Mexico, but the Congress compensated Texas with $10 million.
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