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1848
Bowditch, William I. (William Ingersoll) (1819-1909)
Cass and Taylor on the slavery question.
First edition, printed by Damrell & Moore. Stab-stitched. Contains a New York State Library stamp in upper right corner of cover.
GLC05768
03 March 1847
Massachusetts. Legislature
Resolves of the legislature of Massachusetts, concerning slavery.
29th Congress, 2d session, Senate document # 219. Resolves that the Massachusetts legislature is opposed to the existence of slavery and the extension of it into new territories.
GLC00267.119.03
23 July 1836
Unknown
[Announcement of pro-slavery meeting in Kansas]
GLC01450.600.57
February 1850
Tappan, Lewis (1788-1873)
[Circular letter urging opposition to the expansion of slavery]
Circular letter from the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society urging opposition to the expansion of slavery. Addressed "To each Friend of Liberty in the United States." Urges readers to write to Congress in opposition to slavery, and demand...
GLC08998
April 1850
Taylor, Zachary (1784-1850)
to Richard Taylor re: slavery debate preceding compromise of 1850
"Congress as yet has done but little, but discuss the unfortunate slavery question which is not yet adjusted and it is quite uncertain when it will be...."
GLC07643
15-16 May 1860
Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813-1861)
Non-Interference by Congress with slavery in the territories
On front cover, contains the signature of John Cochrane from Toledo, Indiana. Pages are brittle and frayed along sides.
GLC08587
[1857/12 ?]
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
"House divided" speech fragment re: slavery, Dred Scott, Kansas
A single page beginning "Why Kansas is neither the whole, nor a tithe of the real question." Written before the debates with Stephen A. Douglas, apparently in response to that Senator's Dec. 9, 1857 speech in opposition to Buchanan's State of the...
GLC02533
19 February 1847
New Hampshire. Legislature
Resolution of the legislature of New Hampshire, in relation to slavery.
29th Congress, 2d session, Senate document # 154. Resolves that the New Hampshire legislature is firmly against slavery. Printed by Ritchie & Heiss, printers.
GLC00267.119.02
10 March 1864
Andrew, John A. (John Albion) (1818-1867)
[Sentiments expressing Andrew's wish to see the end of slavery]
Andrew, Governor of Massachusetts, writes, "May the Sun of 1864 see the last fetter fall from the limb of the last slave in Maryland." Written on Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Department stationery.
GLC06352.01
1861
Blake, William O. (fl. 1861)
The history of slavery and the slave trade, ancient and modern. The forms of slavery that prevailed in ancient nations, particularly in Greece and Rome...
(title continues)... The African slave trade and the political history of slavery in the United States. Printed by J. & H. Miller. Published and sold by subscription.
GLC00267.038
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