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Abraham Lincoln

Failure of the Compromise of 1850

Sep, 1850
U.S.

The debate over the status of slavery in the territories failed to alleviate tensions between the slave-holding South and the free North, with the failure of the Compromise of 1850, a legislative package designed to address the issue.


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