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Possible. But Kentucky had Confederate militias, too, so I'm not sure that's any kind of definitive indication. Ranching would be the ideal way for slaves to escape. It would be practically impossible to keep an eye on them all the time.

The two major Californian goldfields were both North of the line, so I'm pretty sure you're going to see a more populated and immigration-heavy (Northern) California, and a less populated, unattractive-to-immigrants 'Colorado'. The latter has more dispersed, smaller goldfields, which can far...

If the compromise line is extended right after the Mexcan-American War, it's going to affect the migration into the regions involved. There's going to be fewer white people moving to Southern California, with the result that it can have a slave-based hacienda economy. As @stevep mentioned...