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After the Civil War, the victorious Union was surprised to discover how much property was held by Southern slaves, who had no rights yet often owned tools, livestock, clothing, and even land. The ...

The terrible law was passed on Sept. 18, 1850. With southern threats of disunion mounting, the measures comprising the “Compromise of 1850” undertook to mollify slaveholders in several ways ...