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Under the Compromise of 1850, what was abolished in the District of Columbia?
ASlavery itself throughout the District
BThe buying and selling of slaves, but not slavery
CThe return of runaway slaves to their masters
DThe residence of slaveholders in the capital
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. The buying and selling of slaves, but not slavery
1. Henry Clay's plan admitted California free and organized New Mexico and Utah without mention of slavery.
2. Texas received 10 million dollars for its New Mexico claims, and stronger machinery for catching runaways was set up.
3. The buying and selling of slaves, but not slavery itself, was abolished in the District of Columbia.
4. Reading the parenthesis wrongly is the trap: slavery as an institution remained legal in the District.
_Source: "An Outline of American History" (USIA, 1990, public domain), Ch 5 "Sectional Conflict"_
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