April 8, 2013 | Clip Of First Ladies Sarah Polk, Margaret Taylor, and Abigail Fillmore The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act User-Created Clip by tgrane ...

Ilyon Woo, author of "Master Slave, Husband Wife," discussed the impact of the Compromise of 1850 on William and Ellen Craft.

Welcome to the final installment of Beach Read Book Club ’s discussion of Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Long Island Compromise. Today, we’re tackling the end of the book and its many revelations.

Book Review Long Island Compromise By Taffy Brodesser-Akner Random House: 464 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support ...

Clay was the master craftsman of the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 as well as the founder of the Whig Party and the chief advocate of the “American System,” which called for ...