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Southern Compromise
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Southern Compromise may refer to the following pieces of American legislation:
- Compromise of 1850, package of five bills regarding slavery in new territories, designed to avoid secession or civil war
- Southern Compromise Amendment of 1867, legislation about Black Southerners' civil rights in the Reconstruction Era of the United States
- Compromise of 1877, about inaugurating Rutherford B. Hayes in exchange for recognizing Southern Democratic governors
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