<em>The south gained by the strengthening of the fugitive slave law, the north gained a new free state, California. Texas lost territory but was compensated with 10 million dollars to pay for its debt. Slave trade was prohibited in Washington DC, but slavery was not.</em>
probably stamps cuz ya know they're real tiny and they probably thought that in like 30 years no one would be sending a letter so they're like 'yea ok they're just sticky pieces of paper no one cares'
It allowed for slaves to be counted as people halfway to please the abolitionists, but didn't allow them to be citizens to please the pro-slavery side.
