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malfutka [58]
4 years ago
11

According to senator seward, how was the united states divided

History
1 answer:
GrogVix [38]4 years ago
5 0

During one speech on the Senate floor, Seward famously stated that slavery was an immoral practice and argued that there existed “a higher law than the Constitution.” Seward was reelected to the Senate in 1855 and later joined the Republican Party after the dissolution of the Whigs.

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