John C. Calhoun led the fight against the Compromise of 1850 when he was a Senator from South Carolina. Calhoun was the 7th Vice President of the United States from March 4, 1825 to December 28, 1832.
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The Compromise of 1850, once in place, limited the number of slaves that could be freely roaming, and then the Fugitive Slave Act undid what had been established by the compromise by establishing stricter regulations.
1619: The First Slaves brought to America 1787: Northwest Ordinance 1793: Invention of Cotton Gin 1808: International Slave Trade Abolished 1820: Missouri Compromise 1848: Presidential Campaign. Country is divided 1849: Slave, Harriet Tubman escapes slavery and begins to lead the underground railroad 1850: Compromise of 1850 1854: Kansas-Nebraska Act. Repealed Missouri Compromise 1861: Civil War begins
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