Compromise of 1850

The Compromise of 1850, in the history of the United States, was a series of Congressional legislative measures addressing slavery and the boundaries of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War

Further reading

• J. F. Rhodes, History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850, vol. i. (New York, 1896).
• Michael F. Holt, The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party (1999) and The Fate of their County (2004).