1850–1860: The Decade Compromise Failed
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In the 1850s the fragile peace of the Compromise of 1850 shattered. The Fugitive Slave Act dragged the moral conflict into Northern streets, the Kansas-Nebraska Act opened the territories to violence, Dred Scott closed the legal door on freedom, and Abraham Lincoln’s rise forced the nation to face a house divided. Jim Rand walks through the decade when political bargains collapsed, ordinary people paid the price in blood and fear, and the road to secession became clear.
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