The Price of UnionHoughton Mifflin, 1950 - 750 pages Explores the origins and development of American political institutions. Contains a copy of the constitution, notes, bibliography, and index. |
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... slave state . This not only disturbed the balance of power in the Senate , where there were eleven Northern and eleven Southern states , but it raised the question whether slavery was to be allowed throughout the Louisiana Purchase ...
... slave state . This not only disturbed the balance of power in the Senate , where there were eleven Northern and eleven Southern states , but it raised the question whether slavery was to be allowed throughout the Louisiana Purchase ...
Page 353
... Slave Law , they had rejected " honest , commonplace Fillmore , " and had thereby lost their best friends in the South . But the Whigs were the parents of the Compromise and they could not disown it . They could not make a deal with men ...
... Slave Law , they had rejected " honest , commonplace Fillmore , " and had thereby lost their best friends in the South . But the Whigs were the parents of the Compromise and they could not disown it . They could not make a deal with men ...
Page 385
... slave could not be a citizen . Dred Scott was a slave . He had not become free by residence in territory covered by the Missouri Compromise , since the Missouri Compromise had been unconstitutional from the beginning . Congress had no ...
... slave could not be a citizen . Dred Scott was a slave . He had not become free by residence in territory covered by the Missouri Compromise , since the Missouri Compromise had been unconstitutional from the beginning . Congress had no ...
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