1 janv. 1854 - Marcy has American Diplomats in Europe make the Ostend Manifesto
Description:
1854 manifesto that urged President Franklin Pierce to seize the slave-owning province of Cuba from Spain. Northern Democrats denounced this aggressive initiative, and the plan was scuttled.effects: Whigs, northern Democrats, and Free Soilers all denounced it ("slave power"), pierce withdrew his support for Quitman (cancelled his expedition)
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Date:
1 janv. 1854
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~ Il y a 171 ans