This series has three easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: First British Opposition to Slavery.IntroductionSlavery has, alas, had
Clay’s Compromise Passes
Today's installment concludes The South Carolina Nullification Crisis,our selection from Life of Andrew Jackson by James Parton published in
Clay Introduces Compromise Bill
The object of Clay was to save all that he could save of the protective policy, and to postpone further action upon the tariff to a more auspicious
Congress Prepares to Roll Back Tariffs
We discover, therefore, that while the President was resolved to crush nullification by force if it opposed by force the collection of the revenue, he
Jackson Prepares Response
On the 6th of November the President sent secret orders to the collector of the port of Charleston of an energetic character.Continuing The South
South Carolina Issues Ordinance of Nullification
There was a Union party in the State, respectable in numbers and character but the Nullifiers commanded an immense, an almost silencing
John C. Calhoun’s Changing Views on Protectionism
The reader has but to turn to the debates of 1816 to discover that the discussion of the tariff bill turned entirely on its protective character and
The South Carolina Nullification Crisis
This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Federal Government Takes Up Protectionism.IntroductionPresident
Contemporary Views of French Canada
The existence of slavery in Canada dates from the end of the seventeenth century.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France