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Stewart, James A. (James Augustus), 1808-1879 Speech of Hon. James A. Stewart, of Maryland, on African slavery, its status-- natural, moral, social, legal, and constitutional...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.004 Author/Creator: Stewart, James A. (James Augustus), 1808-1879 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1856 Pagination: 24 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 14.5 cm Order a Copy

Title continues, "...and the origin, progress, present condition, and future destiny of the United States, considered in connection with African slavery as a part of its social system; with the bearings of that institution upon the interests of all sections of the union, and upon the African race." Delivered in the House of Representatives, 23 July 1856. Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, Washington, D.C.

Stewart, James Augustus, 1808-1879

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