America - 1850AD

In 1850AD:

• Congress reinforced the Fugitive Slave Law for the return of escaped slaves.
• Allan Pinkerton founded the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
• American author Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote The Scarlet Letter.
• American popular songwriter Stephen Foster published Camptown Races.
• California was inaugurated as the 31st state of the Union.
• Photographer Mathew Brady published The Gallery of Illustrious Americans.
• President Taylor died; Millard Fillmore was inaugurated as the 13th U.S. president.
• The Compromise of 1850 established California as a non-slavery state.
• The first issue of Harper's magazine was published.

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