of who believes in the importance of compromise, I have involved myself in creating compromises pertaining to the issues of slavery and maintaining a balance between the interests of free states and slave states. Though many know me only as Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson's greatest political rival, I pride myself in not only being a member of the House of Representatives, but also in my role of abolishing the Indian Removal Act proposed by Jackson. As a man of the law, though I do believe Native Americans…
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