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  "path": "/2026/06/01/henry-clays-deal-that-was-no-deal-how-the-compromise-of-1850-deepened-the-slavery-crisis/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-01T12:00:48.000Z",
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    "Abolitionists",
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  "title": "Henry Clay's Deal That Was No Deal: How the Compromise of 1850 Deepened the Slavery Crisis"
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