The California Indenture Act of 1850 set forth regulations for slavery. The Act set forth regulations that made slavery legal in certain situations.
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The Sugar Act of 1764 occurred in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
California was to be admitted as a free state.
It didn't expand west. The Kansas Nebraska Act made sure that it didn't go further. California came into the union in 1850 a free state. There never was slavery in the western states.
Northerners were most pleased that California was admitted as a free state. The south was pleased that the fugitive slave act REQUIRED assistance in capturing runaway slaves or face imprisonment.