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American Memory: Compromise of 1850
Online exhibit of original speeches by John C. Calhoun and Daniel Webster opposing and supporting the Compromise of 1850. From the Library of Congress.
www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm043.html
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Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act
Explains the points at issue and Henry Clay's solutions, including the bill requiring citizens to assist in the recovery of fugitive slaves.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2951.html
Infoplease: Compromise of 1850
Describes the causes of the Compromise of 1850 and its effects.
www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0813116.html
John C. Calhoun on the Clay Compromise Measures - 1850
Text of Calhoun's famous speech opposing Henry Clay's set of resolutions which came to be known as the Compromise of 1850.
www.nationalcenter.org/CalhounClayCompromise.html
John C. Calhoun's Speech to the United States Senate Against the Compromise of 1850
Provides background and the images of the original manuscript of his speech.
rs6.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(mcc/009))

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