Simon & Schuster
9781439124604
STARRED REVIEW
Simon & Schuster
9781439124604
The 10-month struggle in the U.S. Congress in 1850 to resolve questions about the status of the new territories gained in the Mexican War and the future of slavery in present-day New Mexico and Utah could have turned out differently. In reading the officially reported speeches given by a quite diverse group of senators, who…
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