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So there were great rallies.
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At the same time, the State of Georgia met its legislature
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by December 1850 and passed what they called the Georgia Platform
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and sent it all around the rest of the Deep South.
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And it said they--it said the State of Georgia gave
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only its conditional acceptance to the compromise measures,
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waiting to see whether the North acted in good faith.
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In other words, "We don't trust you."
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Some Northern State legislatures said, "Oh really?"
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And they passed resolutions saying
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"We don't think we trust you either."
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There were vehement protests against the Fugitive Slave Act.