What change regarding slavery occurred in Washington, D.C., as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
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Correct answer: The slave trade was prohibited, but slavery itself remained legal
Abolitionists had long viewed the public sale of humans in the nation's capital as a disgrace. While the compromise banned the slave trade in D.C., it protected the continued existence of slavery there to appease Southerners.
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