Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08875.31 Author/Creator: Quincy, Edmund (1808-1877) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Newspaper Date: 12 September 1850 Pagination: 4 p. : newspaper ; 64 x 46.3 cm.

Summary of Content: With previous owner's signature (John Russell) signed along right margin of first page. Contains the "Speech of Mr. Brooks on the Wilmot Proviso," articles on the slave trade in Washington, D.C. and the Texas Boundary Bill, and miscellaneous other reports. Edited by Quincy and James Russell Lowell. Published weekly by the American Anti-Slavery Society.

People: Quincy, Edmund, 1808-1877
Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891
Brooks, James, 1810-1873
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852

Historical Era: National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860

Subjects: American Anti-Slavery SocietySlaveryAfrican American HistoryAbolitionReform MovementAmerican StatesmenCongressWestward ExpansionSlave TradeWashington, D.C.TexasAmerican WestLatin and South AmericaMexican WarGlobal History and CivicsForeign AffairsBoundary or Property Dispute

Sub Era: Age of Jackson

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