This historical title is a misnomer since its omnibus original form was rejected. One minor provision involved federal payment of a debt originally assigned to a foreign government. Other provisions included the organization of two new western territories without reference to slavery and the admission of the 31st state. FTP name this group of five bills, advocated by Webster, Clay, and Douglas, which only staved off war for ten years.
This historical title is a misnomer since its omnibus original form was rejected. One minor provision involved federal payment of a debt originally assigned to a foreign government. Other provisions included the organization of two new western territories without reference to slavery and the admission of the 31st state. FTP name this group of five bills, advocated by Webster, Clay, and Douglas, which only staved off war for ten years.
This historical title is a misnomer since its omnibus original form was rejected.
{Compromise of 1850}