The Compromise of 1850:

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The Compromise of 1850 did include a stronger fugitive slave law, which required citizens to assist in capturing runaway slaves and imposed heavy penalties for those who aided them. This provision angered many in the North and contributed to growing abolitionist sentiment. While it did address some other issues related to slavery, such as the admission of California as a free state, it did not completely reject popular sovereignty, abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, or acknowledge Texas's boundary claims.