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Speech Of Hon. I Washburn, Jr. Of Maine, On The Bill To Organize Territorial Governments In Nebraska And Kansas, And Against The Abrogation Of The Missouri Compromise, Israel Washburn Jr.
Speech Of Hon. I Washburn, Jr. Of Maine, On The Bill To Organize Territorial Governments In Nebraska And Kansas, And Against The Abrogation Of The Missouri Compromise, Israel Washburn Jr.
Maine Bicentennial
In the last half of the nineteenth century we find a proposition in the Congress of the Republic to extend the area of slavery. This is the object and purpose of certain provisions in the bill for the organization of the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas. These provisions remove the restrictions impored by the Missouri compromise. The Badger amendment, and the opinions which it has elicited, I pass by as of no practical importance or interest. It is enough to secure any opposition that the bill, with or without that amendment, exposes all our unorganized territory to the occupation of …
No Slavery In Nebraska. The Voice Of God Against National Crime, Joseph P. Thompson
No Slavery In Nebraska. The Voice Of God Against National Crime, Joseph P. Thompson
Special Collections
Antislavery sermon speaking against allowing slavery in Nebraska.
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