The compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the U.S. Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and frees states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War(1846-1848). The Compromise was greeted with relief, although each side disliked specific provisions. California was admitted as a free sate with its current boundaries.
The slave trade(but not slavery altogether) was banned in Washington D.C. The Compromise became possible after the sudden death of President Zachary Taylor, who, although a slave owner, had favored excluding slavery from the southwest. Soon after the Mexican war, when the extent of territories to be acquired was still unclear, the question of whether not to allow slavery in those territories polarized the Northern and Southern U.S in the most bitter sectional conflict up to this time.
Since Texas was a slave state, not only the residents of that state, but the pro-and anti-slavery camps on a national scale had interest in the size of the state of Texas. The Texas Annexation had required that if any new states were formed out of Texas lands, those north of Missouri Compromise line would become free states.
The slave trade(but not slavery altogether) was banned in Washington D.C. The Compromise became possible after the sudden death of President Zachary Taylor, who, although a slave owner, had favored excluding slavery from the southwest. Soon after the Mexican war, when the extent of territories to be acquired was still unclear, the question of whether not to allow slavery in those territories polarized the Northern and Southern U.S in the most bitter sectional conflict up to this time.
Since Texas was a slave state, not only the residents of that state, but the pro-and anti-slavery camps on a national scale had interest in the size of the state of Texas. The Texas Annexation had required that if any new states were formed out of Texas lands, those north of Missouri Compromise line would become free states.