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Henry Clay's deal that was no deal: How the Compromise of 1850 deepened the slavery crisis
It was a Tuesday, January 29, 1850, and Sen. Henry Clay had set himself the none-too-modest goal of solving the seemingly intractable problem of American slavery once and for all. By the Kentucky Whig ...
Stephen E. Maizlish’s new book discusses a time much like our own, when radicals in Congress hurled insults while moderates bemoaned a lack of civility. Perhaps this story sounds familiar: The United ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Fergus Bordewich talks about the Compromise of 1850 and its significance to the North winning the Civil War more than a decade later. Fergus ...
On this day in 1850, Congress abolished the slave trade in the District of Columbia as part of a legislative package known as the Compromise of 1850. Since the founding of the District of Columbia in ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Senator Mitch McConnell spoke about Henry Clay and the discussions that took place during the Compromise of 1850. Senator Mitch McConnell spoke about ...
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