{"product_id":"stephen-a-douglas-western-man-reg-ankrom-9781476673769","title":"Stephen A. Douglas, Western Man: The Early Years in Congress, 1844-1850","description":"\u003cp\u003e It didn't take long for freshman Congressman Stephen A. Douglas to see the truth of Senator Thomas Hart Benton's warning: slavery attached itself to every measure that came before the U.S. Congress. Douglas wanted to expand the nation into an ocean-bound republic. Yet slavery and the violent conflicts it stirred always interfered, as it did in 1844 with his first bill to organize Nebraska. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 1848, when America acquired 550,000 square miles after the Mexican War, the fight began over whether the territory would be free or slave. Henry Clay, a slave owner who favored gradual emancipation, packaged territorial bills from Douglas's committee with four others. But Clay's \"Omnibus Bill\" failed. Exhausted, he left the Senate, leaving Douglas in control. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Within two weeks, Douglas won passage of all eight bills, and President Millard Fillmore signed the Compromise of 1850. It was Douglas's greatest legislative achievement. This book, a sequel to the author's \u003ci\u003eStephen A. Douglas: The Political Apprenticeship, 1833-1843\u003c\/i\u003e, fully details Douglas's early congressional career. The text chronicles how Douglas moved the issue of slavery from Congress to the ballot box.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reg Ankrom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476673764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476673769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 6.90w x 1.00d","brand":"Reg Ankrom","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986572509439,"sku":"9781476673769","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b396452-551a-4cad-91ef-50e88dbc06ae.jpg?v=1683284145","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stephen-a-douglas-western-man-reg-ankrom-9781476673769","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}