Antislavery Senator Daniel Webster agreed to compromise with proslavery senators because <em>A. He was willing to compromise to keep the United States together</em>. Senator Calhoun's speech stated that southerners should have the right to take slaves, as their personal properties, anywhere. Although an abolitionist, Senator Daniel Webster was willing to comprise to keep the Union together, that was more important to him than free soil.
He says that since is pertains to himself he cannot read it because he only cares about Rome
Was still legal it became not legal after the civil war
Your friend must evaluate what type of source he/she is using (primary or secondary) if it is a quote from an eyewitness then it is primary, newspapers and the news is secondary
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