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Giddings, Joshua Reed, 1795-1864 Payment for slaves. Speech of Mr. J. R. Giddings, of Ohio, on the bill to pay the heirs of Antonio Pacheco for a slave sent west of the Mississippi with the Seminole Indians in 1838...

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.371 Author/Creator: Giddings, Joshua Reed, 1795-1864 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1849 Pagination: 1 v. : 14 p. ; 25 x 15.3 cm. Order a Copy

(title continues)... made in the House of Representatives, Dec. 28, 1848, and Jan. 6, 1849. Printed by Buell & Blanchard. Uncut.

Giddings, Joshua Reed, 1795-1864

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