1. Black Slaves, Oppression and Freedom
California would enter as a free state; New Mexico would be given separate territorial status; Texas would be paid $10.000.000 for ceding its claim to New Mexico, thereby allowing it to pay its debts; and Utah would be given territorial status. (175) But President Clay died in July 9, 1850 and Vice-president Millard Fillmore took measures that delayed the War but also created some differences between northern and southern countries. ... Indeed, in 1861 southern states established a government separated from the Union and offered to President Lincoln a pay for the territories and a peace treat...
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