Transcription of The Divisive Politics of Slavery - Caggia Social Studies
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304 CHAPTER10 One American's StoryThe Divisive Politicsof SlaverySouth Carolina senator John C. Calhoun was so sick that he had missedfour months of debate over whether California should enter the Unionas a free state. On March 4, 1850, Calhoun, explaining that he was tooill to deliver a prepared speech, asked Senator James M. Mason ofVirginia to deliver it for PERSONALVOICEJOHN C. CALHOUN I have, Senators, believed from the first that the agitation of thesubject of Slavery would, if not prevented by some timely and effec-tive measure, end in disunion.
a state. In late 1849, California held a constitutional convention, adopted a state constitution, elected a governor and a legislature, and applied to join the Union. California’s new constitution forbade slavery, a fact that alarmed many Southerners. They had assumed that because most of California lay south of the
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