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Answer:
He meant that the act was made to increase the power of slave states.
Explanation:
He made that statement when he's commenting about the Fugitive slave act of 1850. This act was made to made sure slaves that escaped the free states to be returned to the owners.
Douglass believed that this act was a conspiracy that made by legislators from Sothern states to expand the power of the slave states.
Mason & Dixon lines were the lines that separated the slaves states and free states region. Douglass believed that the fugitive slave act of 1850 made this line basically obsolete. The free states wouldn't be able to provide protection to African American like they intended to.
Durante la conquista en el mundo indígena se observó una gran división: se ubicaron por un lado quienes se opusieron al invasor y por el otro los que colaboraron por diversas razones con los europeos. Decapitaron al "cuerpo militar" de los indígenas y debido a esto los indígenas que prefirieron colaborar con los forasteros recibieron muy luego el apelativo de "indios amigos".
En resumen no fue de modo amistoso al principio, después viendo que los europeos eran mas fuertes y contaban corarmamento se unieron a ellos y lograron insertarse en la comunidad.
In the Battle of Trenton (December 26), Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. A week later he returned to Trenton to lure British forces south, then executed a daring night march to capture Princeton on January 3.