Why Did Stephen Douglas Prod "The Snarling Dog of Slavery

question 44

Essay

Why did Stephen Douglas prod "the snarling dog of slavery" when it had more or less fallen asleep after the Compromise of 1850? Does Douglas deserve blame for setting in motion the chain of events that led to the Civil War?

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