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Biography
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Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster (1782-1852), United States senator from Massachusetts.
On March 7, 1850, Senator Daniel Webster delivered his famous "Seventh of March" urging sectional compromise on the issue of slavery. Advising abolition-minded Northerners to forgo antislavery measures, he simultaneously cautioned Southerners that disunion inevitably would lead to war.
On March 7, 1850, Senator Daniel Webster delivered his famous "Seventh of March" urging sectional compromise on the issue of slavery. Advising abolition-minded Northerners to forgo antislavery measures, he simultaneously cautioned Southerners that disunion inevitably would lead to war.