Henry Clay, lawyer, politician and skilled speaker, was known as the Great Compromiser for his role in brokering compromises in Congress on the issue of slavery in the first half of the 19th century.
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Ulysses S. Grant was one of the most important figures of 19th century America. He was a quiet family man who had worked as a farmer in St. Louis, Missouri, and as a store clerk in Galena, Illinois, before the Civil War. He rose to become President Lincoln's trusted general in charge of the entire U.S. Army during the war and later a two-term president.
Harriet Beecher Stowe was best known as the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, first published in 1851. This best-seller infuriated white Southerners by focusing on the cruelties of slavery, particularly the separation of families.
