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Zachary Taylor: The Man Who Might Have Prevented the Civil War

Joseph FornieriJoseph Fornieri

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Apr 24, 2023

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He was a slave owner who opposed the expansion of slavery; a president who despised politics and politicians. That was Zachary Taylor—“Old Rough and Ready.” Joseph Fornieri, Professor of Political Science at the Rochester Institute of Technology, tells the story of this walking contradiction.

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