Compromise of 1850

My backround

• I am from Vermont
• I believe that free men have more motivation to work,
• compared to an enslaved man.
• where the manual labor is performed by slaves,
• labor dishonors the hands of free men

Writer of the Compromise

• Henry Clay wrote the compromise
• He was helped by Daniel Webster
• It was proposed to the Senate on
• January 29, 1850

Goals of the Compromise

• Clay hoped it would settle all questions in controversy, 
• that was between free and slavestates
• growing out of the subject of slavery
• popular sovereignty-  It is the right for citizens of a territory  
• to vote for or against slavery

Terms of the Compromise

• California was to be admitted as a free state
• Utah and New Mexico were to be decided by popular sovereignty
• Texas was paid 10 million dollars by the federal government
• The sale of slavery was banned in D.C but slavery was still allowed
• Fugitive Slave Act- people from free states had to help capture slaves 

Parts I agree with

• I agree with the idea of abolishing slave trade in D.C
• I am happy about California becoming a free state,
• So slaves cannot take a free mans job
• I am happy that we were able to obtain Mew Mexico from Texas

Things I do not Agree with

• I do not agree with New Mexico and Utah being able to vote
• on slavery
• Slavery should not be allowed in our Capitol
• I won't bring back slaves to  their masters because we must fight slavery