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Aug 26, 2017 · California desires to become a free state. Henry Clay proposes the Compromise of 1850 between North and South including a stronger fugitive slave law.
Feb 17, 2022 · California entered the union in 1850 as a “free state.” The state constitution says : “Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude, unless for the punishment of crimes, shall ever be tolerated in this State.”
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Nov 16, 2009 · Though it had only been a part of the United States for less than two years, California becomes the 31st state in the union (without ever even having been a territory) on September 9, 1850.
Sep 9, 2000 · At that time California had a white population of under 7,000. The lure of gold, however, drew a horde of prospectors and other immigrants in numbers which exceeded the figure of 60,000 required to become a state. They now demanded to accede to the Union.
The California Constitution of 1849 outlawed any form of slavery in the state, and later the Compromise of 1850 allowed California to be admitted into the Union, undivided, as a free state.
Passed in 1850 by the 31st United States Congress, the law made California one of only a few states to become a state without first being an organized territory.
The question of slavery extension made California an integral part of the territory of the United States; the birth, a half-century ago, of the free State of California, inflicted a mortal wound upon the enemy of human freedom.
