This 1850 newspaper headline announces the Compromise of 1850, which was passed into law later that year. The second bill of the compromise established the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 with provisions described as being "simple and efficient." The ramifications of the bill's passage, however, would be neither simple nor efficient, as the case of Lucy Bagby clearly illustrates. | Date: May 3, 1850 | Source: Cleveland Plain DealerDownload Original File
