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3) America's great debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the compromise that preserved the Union
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
x, 480 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Description
The spellbinding story behind the longest debate in U.S. Senate history: the Compromise of 1850, which brought together Senate luminaries on the eve of the Civil War in a desperate effort to save the Union.
Author
Publisher
Amistad
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
367 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Description
A history of the nation's capital city reveals the role of slavery in its construction, the political and financial obstacles that were faced by the founding fathers, and the back-room deals and shifting alliances that were to shape the region's influence.
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