The compromise that was reached over the issue of slave trade was "Three-Fifths Compromise's.
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The compromise regarding the slave trade was the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise. This was also called the Compromise of 1850. The decisions that were made by the compromise were that Texas had to surrender the claim it had on New Mexico, California became a free state, the South allowed slavery in new territories, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed, and slavery was banned in Washington DC.
It abolished the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
The major compromises that the delegates agreed to make were The Connecticut Compromise, The Three-Fifths Compromise, and The Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise.
The Constitutional Convention left the slave trade untaxed and untouched. Delegates from the southern States were naturally wary about the prospect of Congress being able to regulate America's interstate and foreign trade. They were afraid that the North would use its influence in Congress to levy taxes on the slave trade and the cotton trade. The delegates from the South pushed for, and won, a compromise on the matter: the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise. This agreement made it so Congress could regulate interstate and foreign trade, but could not tax exports. This meant that cotton exports from the South would not be affected. In addition, Congress was forbidden from regulating the slave trade for 20 years.
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