Great Compromiser

Great Compromiser
"Великий мастер компромисса"
Прозвище государственного деятеля Г. Клея [Clay, Henry], делавшего попытки примирить интересы Севера [North] и Юга [South] при помощи законопроекта, ставшего основой Компромисса 1850 между рабовладельческим Югом и свободным Севером [Compromise of 1850].
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