Henry Clay (1777-1852)

In which we take a look at the acrimonious debate surrounding the Missouri Crisis, and Henry Clay of Kentucky’s pivotal role in brokering the Compromise of 1820.  

Our book recommendations for this episode is The Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath: Slavery and the Meaning of America by Robert Pierce Forbes.  The inside flap of this book says that the author “goes behind the scenes of the crucial Missouri Compromise, the most important sectional crisis before the Civil War, to reveal the high-level deal-making, diplomacy, and deception that defused the crisis…”

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