SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
TENSION OVER SLAVERY IN THE 1850S
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Henry Clay
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John C. Calhoun
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Daniel Webster
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William H. Seward
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Detailed explanation-1: -Then, Whig senator William H. Seward declared that slavery was incompatible with the assertion in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal, ” and proclaimed that slavery would be extinguished in the country.
Detailed explanation-2: -Slavery remained legal in the District until April 16, 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln signed into law an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia (12 Stat. 376).
Detailed explanation-3: -Despite repeated attempts, the Wilmot Proviso was never passed by both houses of Congress. But out of the attempt by both Democrats and Whigs to subordinate or compromise the slavery issue grew the Republican Party, founded in 1854, which specifically supported the Wilmot principle.