Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860 to Nathaniel P. Banks
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02509.10 Author/Creator: Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860 Place Written: St. Albans, Vermont Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 16, 1856 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 14 cm Order a Copy
Congratulates him on his "success in helping achieve the first victory which the North has won over the South since 1808, when the slave trade with Africa was abolished. I might better say, the first victory of freedom over Slavery since the Declaration of Independence -- for there was no fight in 1808." Banks was a member of Congress from Massachusetts. In 1856 he declined the presidential nomination of the American party.
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