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By September, Clay's Compromise became law. ... Finally, and most controversially, a Fugitive Slave Law was passed, requiring northerners to return runaway slaves to their owners under penalty of law. The Compromise of 1850 overturned the Missouri Compromise and left the overall issue of slavery unsettled.
He opposed any legislative plan that would address the problems that so agitated Northerners and Southerners, thus preventing Henry Clay ...