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Sergeant, John, 1779-1852 Speech of Mr. Sergeant, on the Missouri question.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.098 Author/Creator: Sergeant, John, 1779-1852 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1820 Pagination: 48 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

First edition. Speech delivered in the House of Representatives arguing that Missouri should be added to the Union as a free state. Sergeant was a Congressman from Pennsylvania.

Sergeant, John, 1779-1852
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Missouri Compromise
Abolition
Reform Movement
African American History
Slavery
Statehood
Westward Expansion
Congress
Law
Government and Civics
The First Age of Reform

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