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Debated Kansas and Slavery in the United States Senate
A lengthy Senate session on Kansas and the extension of slavery dominates the day’s discourse. Seward and Crittenden deliver notable remarks while amendments to the Nebraska Act are proposed and rejected, highlighting tensions between free and slave territories and reactions to Buchanan.
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