Reg Ankrom

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Stephen A. Douglas, Western Man: The Early Years in Congress, 1844-1850Paperback, 7 May 2021

Stephen A. Douglas, Western Man: The Early Years in Congress, 1844-1850
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Print Length
379 pages
Language
English
Publisher
McFarland & Company
Date Published
7 May 2021
ISBN-10
1476673764
ISBN-13
9781476673769

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It didn't take long for freshman Congressman Stephen A. Douglas to see the truth of Senator Thomas Hart Benton's warning: slavery attached itself to every measure that came before the U.S. Congress. Douglas wanted to expand the nation into an ocean-bound republic. Yet slavery and the violent conflicts it stirred always interfered, as it did in 1844 with his first bill to organize Nebraska. In 1848, when America acquired 550,000 square miles after the Mexican War, the fight began over whether the territory would be free or slave. Henry Clay, a slave owner who favored gradual emancipation, packaged territorial bills from Douglas's committee with four others. But Clay's "Omnibus Bill" failed. Exhausted, he left the Senate, leaving Douglas in control. Within two weeks, Douglas won passage of all eight bills, and President Millard Fillmore signed the Compromise of 1850. It was Douglas's greatest legislative achievement. This book, a sequel to the author's Stephen A. Douglas: The Political Apprenticeship, 1833-1843, fully details Douglas's early congressional career. The text chronicles how Douglas moved the issue of slavery from Congress to the ballot box.

Product Details

Author:
Reg Ankrom
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
7 May 2021
Dimensions:
25.15 x 17.53 x 2.54 cm
Genre:
19th Century
ISBN-10:
1476673764
ISBN-13:
9781476673769
Language:
English
Location:
Jefferson
Pages:
379
Weight:
725.75 gm

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