[The Rights of Lousiana]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02691.12.01 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 1877 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 13.5 cm, Width: 25 cm Order a Copy
Article discusses the admission of Lousiana as a state and how at that time they held enslaved people and the government promised to protect the property (enslaved people) of her people, yet they violated that right when Missouri was admitted. The article discusses whether they have the right to seceed.
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