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The Broken Constitution: The American Compromise

The Broken Constitution: The American Compromise

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The original United States Constitution was a compromise between slaveholders and non-slaveholders. It made key compromises to protect a union between the Northern and Southern states and protected the slave trade in U.S. law.

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