Today in history
Subtitle: March 18
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Legislators; Biography; Cabinet officers; Slavery; Speeches in Congress; United States. Congress. Senate; United States
Other titles: March 18
Description: Features a biographical sketch of John C. Calhoun, a congressman, senator, secretary of war, secretary of state, and vice president of the United States. Depicts his defense of the institution of slavery and his last speech in the debate on the Compromise of 1850 delivered on March 4, 1850 .
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