On the Brink of Civil War: The Compromise of 1850 and How It Changed the Course of American History by John C. Waugh

On the Brink of Civil War: The Compromise of 1850 and How It Changed the Course of American History

American Crisis (Hardcover)

John C. Waugh

217 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective slow-paced
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Years before the Civil War began, another dark conflict threatened to shatter the Union. It was December 1849. The U.S.-Mexican War had just ended, doubling the size of the country. A grave problem emerged: whether slavery should be admitted into ...

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