The Compromise of 1850 and How It Changed the Course of American History.
Waugh. Years before the Civil War began, another dark conflict threatened to shatter the Union. A grave problem emerged from the U.S.-Mexican War: whether slavery should be admitted into the new territories that were to be carved out of the vast new domain resulting from the war. This book tells the dramatic story of what happened when a handful of senators tried to hammer out a compromise to save the Union. 217 pgs., 6"x 9", sfbd. #0C12626
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