Crittenden Compromise
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The Crittenden Compromise was an unsuccessful proposal to permanently enshrine slavery in the United States Constitution, and thereby make it unconstitutional for future congresses to end slavery. It
Senator Crittenden (1855); photo by Mathew Brady
Southern cartoon depicting critically the Crittenden Compromise as "legislative quackery" by "Doctor North" (1860s)
Underground Airlines
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Underground Airlines is a 2016 science fiction novel by American writer Ben Winters, set in a contemporary alternate-history United States where the American Civil War never occurred because Abraham L
Crittenden Compromise
…to a fiery "letter to the editor" excoriating "disunion", from US Representative John William Noell, whose district included Charleston. The novel Underground Airlines (2016) by Ben Winters is set in an alternate history where the Crittenden Compromise was accepted following the assassination of President-elect Abraham…
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