Born during the American Revolution, Van Buren lived to see the beginning of the Civil War. His generation of Americans were tasked with taking the founders' ideas and putting them into practical use, and the fate of the union was anything but certain. ![]() Library of Congress Martin Van Buren, Compromise, and Privilege
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