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1835
North Carolina, General Assembly
Acts passed at the general assembly of the state of North Carolina, at the session of 1834-1835.
Printed by Philo White, printer to the state. Some pages uncut. Contains acts and resolutions.
GLC00267.064
11 May 1830
United States. Congress
Francis Larche.
21st Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives document no. 401. The Senate referred a bill to the Committee of Claims for the relief of Francis Larche, who sought reimbursement for an enslaved person killed while impressed into U.S. service.
GLC00267.071
1857
Helper, Hinton R., 1829-1906
The Impending crisis of the South: How to meet it
First edition. Signed as presented by Samuel A. Winsor. Published by the Burkick Brothers, New York. Bookplate removed. In 1857, Hinton Rowan Helper, the son of a western North Carolina farmer, published one of the most politically influential...
GLC00267.074
8 February 1836
Slavery in the District of Columbia.
24th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives document no. 691. States that Congress cannot interfere with slavery in the district of Columbia or any other states in the Confederacy. Instead, Congress formed a select committee to deal with...
GLC00267.091
1840
Slade, William, 1786-1859
Speech of Mr. Slade, of Vermont, on the right to petition; the power of Congress to abolish slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia;...
Title continues, "...the implied faith of the north and the south to each other in forming the constitution; and the principles, purposes, and prospects of abolition." Slade, a Congressman from Vermont, protests the Gag rule, which prohibited the...
GLC00267.093
1841
Ingersoll, Charles J., 1782-1862
Speech of Mr. Charles J. Ingersoll, of Pennsylvania, on the subject of the reception of abolition petitions.
Speech given in the House of Representatives 8 & 9 June 1841. Printed at the Globe Office, Washington, D.C.
GLC00267.094
1844
Severance, Luther, 1797-1855
Speech of Mr. Severance, of Maine on the right of petition.
Delivered in the House of Representatives, 16 February 1844. Discusses the ban on receiving any petitions regarding the abolition of slavery in the House of Representatives. Printed by J. and G.S. Gideon, Washington, D.C. Partially uncut.
GLC00267.095
1845
Stewart, Alvan, 1790-1849
A legal argument before the Supreme Court of the state of New Jersey... for the deliverance of 4,000 persons from bondage.
Delivered at the May term in Trenton, New Jersey. Challenges state laws concerning slavery because they contradict New Jersey's 1844 constitution which abolished slavery. Published by Finch & Weed, New York. Printed by S.W. Benedict.
GLC00267.069
1847
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874
White slavery in the Barbary States.
Lecture given before the Boston Mercantile Library Association, 17 February 1847. Sumner argues that American slavery was based on white American racism. Published by William D. Ticknor and Company, Boston. Printed by Metcalf and Company...
GLC00267.070
1863
Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893
Journal of a residence on a Georgian plantation in 1838-1839.
First edition, first issue. Published by Harper & Brothers. Text is 337 pages followed by ten pages of advertisements for new Harper & Brothers' books.
GLC00267.072
1860
Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
A journey in the back country.
Volume III of Our Slave States. Previous documentation indicates this is a first edition. Published by Mason Brothers. Introduction begins: "This is the third volume of a work, the first of which was a narrative of a journey in the sea-board...
GLC00267.073
The impending crisis of the South: how to meet it.
Cited as "Fourth thousand" above publisher information. Previous documentation indicates this is a first edition. Published by Burdick Brothers. Signed on inner front cover by B.B. Eldridge. Introduction states: "it has been no part of my purpose...
GLC00267.075
1867
Nojoque; a question for a continent.
Published by George W. Carleton & Company. In the introduction, Helper states, "Were I to state here, frankly and categorically, that the primary object of this work is to write the negro out of America, and that the secondary object is to write him...
GLC00267.076
Armstrong, George Dodd, 1813-1899
The Christian doctrine of slavery.
Published in New York by Charles Scribner. Justification of slavery based on the principles and history of Christianity.
GLC00267.078
1856
Jagger, William, fl. 1856
To the people of Suffolk Co. Information, acquired from the best authority, with respect to the institution of slavery.
Suffolk County in New York. First edition. Printed by R. Craighead, New York.
GLC00267.080
Bushnell, Horace, 1802-1876
Barbarism the first danger. A discourse for home missions.
Claims that slavery has diminished southern society. Printed for the American Home Missionary Society, by William Osborn in New York. Bushnell was the pastor of the North Church in Hartford, Connecticut.
GLC00267.081
1889
Stroyer, Jacob, 1849-1908
My life in the south.
Biography of Stroyer, an freedman raised on a plantation in South Carolina and freed in 1864 by the Emancipation Proclamation. Stroyer was minister of the African Methodist Episcopal church in Salem. The introduction contains letters of support for...
GLC00267.083
1918
Phillips, Ulrich B., 1877-1934
American negro slavery: a survey of the supply, employment and control of negro labor as determined by the plantation regime
Published by D. Appleton and Co, New York, London. Once the definitive and apologetic account of slavery impeding innovation. Phillips was a Professor of American History at the University of Michigan.
GLC00267.084
1929
Life and labor in the old south
First edition. Published by Little, Brown, and Company, Boston.
GLC00267.085
1910
Nieboer, H.J., 1873-1920
Slavery as an industrial system; ethnological researches, by Dr. H. J. Nieboer
Second edition. Geared towards world-wide survey of slavery. Published by Martinus Nijhoff, the Hague.
GLC00267.086
The Yankee slave-dealer; or, an abolitionist down South. A tale for the times by a Texan.
Pseudonymous proslavery novel concerning the converted opinion of a visiting northern abolitionist. Published for the author in Nashville, Tennessee. Previous documentation notes this is a first edition.
GLC00267.087
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847
Daniel O'Connell upon American slavery: with other Irish testimonies.
Anti-Slavery tracts no. 5, new series. Published by the American Anti-slavery Society.
GLC00267.088
1870
Lyman, Theodore, 1833-1897
Papers related to the Garrison mob.
Describes the October 1835 mob which kept William Lloyd Garrison, the editor of the Liberator, an anti-slavery newspaper, from having a meeting where Mr. George Thompson, an abolitionist, was to speak. Garrison had to be put in the jail to be...
GLC00267.089
1837
Keep, John, fl. 1837
An address, delivered December 22, 1837, in the village of Lockport, N.Y. commemorative of the martyrdom of Rev. E. P. Lovejoy, who was killed by the mob...
Title continues, "... in the city of Alton, Ill., on the night of November 7, 1837." Elijah P. Lovejoy was a Presbyterian minister, editor of a religious newspaper who was killed by a pro-slavery mob. Keep was the pastor of the Presbyterian Church...
GLC00267.090
Stanton, Henry B. (Henry Brewster), 1805-1887
Remarks of Henry B. Stanton in the Representatives Hall... on the subject of slavery.
Delivered on 23 and 24 February before the Committee of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts. Published by Isaac Knapp in Boston. Protests the Gag rule passed by Congress which stated that slavery in the District of Columbia could not be...
GLC00267.092
1820
Sergeant, John, 1779-1852
Speech of Mr. Sergeant, on the Missouri question.
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.
GLC00267.098
1855
Parker, Theodore, 1810-1860
The trial of Theodore Parker for the "misdemeanor" of a speech in Faneuil Hall against kidnapping, before the circuit court of the United States...
(title continues)... at Boston, April 3, 1855. With the defence. Published for the author. Other works by Parker are listed on the last two pages.
GLC00267.096
1819
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
A memorial to the Congress of the United States on the subject of restraining the increase of slavery in new states to be admitted into the Union.
Memorial from the citizens of Boston. "Prepared in pursuance of a vote of the inhabitants of Boston and its vicinity, assembled at the State house, on the third of December, A.D. 1819." Committee composed of Daniel Webster, George Blake, Josiah...
GLC00267.097
Allen, George, 1792-1883
An appeal to the people of Massachusetts, on the Texas question
Appeals to the people to oppose the annexation, arguing that adding Texas to the Union will further entrench and empower the institution of slavery. Suggests holding a convention. Attributed to "A Massachusetts Freeman." Printed by Charles C...
GLC00267.104
Dixon, James, 1814-1873
Speech of Mr. Dixon, of Connecticut against the extension of slave territory.
Delivered in the House of Representatives, 9 February 1847. Printed by J & G.S. Gideon, Washington, D.C. Argues against slavery being extended into the territories and criticizes the president [James Polk] over the Mexican War.
GLC00267.118
1848
Mann, Horace, 1796-1859
Speech of Mr. Horace Mann, of Mass., on the right of Congress to legislate for the territories of the United States, and its duty to exclude slavery therefrom.
Speech delivered in the House of Representatives on 30 June 1848. Opposes the Mexican War and the extension of slavery. Printed by J. & G. S. Gideon, Washington, D.C. First edition.
GLC00267.120
19 February 1847
New Jersey Legislature
Resolution of the legislature of New Jersey, in relation to the extension of slavery.
29th Congress, 2d session, Senate document # 153. Resolution declares that the New Jersey legislature will make every effort to keep slavery out of newly annexed territories.
GLC00267.119.01
Speech of Hon. Horace Mann, on the right of Congress to legislate for the territories of the United States, and its duty to exclude slavery therefrom:
First Boston edition, with an added letter from Hon. Martin Van Buren, a free soiler, and Rev. Joshua Leavitt. Opposes the Mexican War and the extension of slavery. Delivered in the House of Representatives on 30 June 1848. Printed in Boston by J...
GLC00267.121
1850
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
California and New Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in answer to a resolution of the House...
(title continues)... of the 31st of December, 1849, on the subject of California and New Mexico. House Executive Document No. 17. Includes six fold-out maps, which appear to be in brittle condition. Opens with a message from President Zachary...
GLC00267.133
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Remarks of Mr. Clay of Kentucky, on introducing his propositions to compromise on the slavery question.
Delivered in the Senate of the United States, 29 January 1850. Proposes an amicable arrangement to the controversies between the free and slave states on the issue of the extension of slavery. Printed by Jno. T. Towers, Washington, D.C.
GLC00267.135
12 June 1841
Alabama. Legislature.
Resolutions of the legislature of Alabama responsive to those of South Carolina on the subject of controversy between the States of Maine and Georgia.
27th Congress, 1st session. House of Representatives document no. 11. Concerns the stealing and carrying away of a slave named Atticus by Daniel Philbrook and Edward Kilbron from Georgia to Maine. Maine refused to surrender Philbrook and Kilbron...
GLC00267.136.02
16 February 1847
Missouri, Legislature
Memorial of the general assembly of Missouri, requesting that efforts be made by negotiation with the British government, to procure the restoration of fugitive slaves.
29th Congress, 2d session. Senate document no. 150. Missouri requests a measure for negotiations with England to prevent slaves escaping to Canada. Printed by Ritchie & Heiss, printers.
GLC00267.137
11 February 1862
Resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey in favor of the Compromise measures.
32nd Congress, 1st session, House of Representatives document no. 13. Resolves to support the compromise measures passed by Congress addressing slavery and the boundaries of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War.
GLC00267.145.01
1852
Freedom national; Slavery sectional. Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on his motion to repeal the Fugitive Slave Bill.
Delivered in the Senate of the United States 26 August 1852. Sumner attacks the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act and calls for its repeal. Printed by Buell & Blanchard.
GLC00267.146
1849
Upham, Charles Wentworth, 1802-1875
Mr. Upham's speech on the extension of slavery: together with the ordinance of 1787.
Opposes the extension of slavery and argues that it compromises the Constitution. Delivered in the House of Representatives 20 February 1849. Printed at the Tri-weekly gazette office in Salem, Massachusetts.
GLC00267.129
Stuart, Moses, 1780-1852
Conscience and the constitution with remarks on the recent speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster on the subject of slavery.
Published by Crocker & Brewster. Stuart discusses the problems of ending slavery. In closing, writes "The last thing I have to say, is, to ask the question, whether it would not be a feasible thing, and the best thing we can do, to colonize the...
GLC00267.138
Clark, Rufus Wheelwright, 1813-1886
A Review of the Rev. Moses Stuart's pamphlet on slavery, entitled conscience and the Constitution.
Published by C. C. P. Moody. Clark, pastor of the North Church in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, rebuts Stuart's argument regarding slavery (Stuart argued for colonization; refer to GLC00267.138). In closing, writes "...notwithstanding the strong...
GLC00267.139
Phillips, Wendell, 1811-1884
Review of Webster's speech on slavery.
Published by the American Anti Slavery Society in Boston, Massachusetts. Printed by J.B. Yerrinton and Son, Printers, Boston.
GLC00267.140
Spencer, Ichabod S. (Ichabod Smith), 1798-1854
Fugitive slave law. The religious duty of obedience to law: a sermon, preached in the Second Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, Nov. 24, 1850.
Published by M. W. Dodd. Argues against resistance to government and law, and upholds citizens' religious duty to obey the law. Writes, "I am not justifying slavery... I am not justifying the fugitive-slave Law. It may be wrong: it may be unwise...
GLC00267.141
Thompson, Joseph Parrish, 1819-1879
The fugitive slave law; tried by the Old and New Testaments.
Argues against obeying laws from the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1850. Published by William Harned, New York, printed by B. L. Hamlen, New Haven, Connecticut. Reprinted from the New Englander for November 1850. Thompson was the pastor of the Broadway...
GLC00267.142
09 January 1851
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Anti-fugitive slave law meeting: at a large meeting of persons from various parts of the state of New York, held in the City of Syracuse January 9th 1851...
[Title continued] and of which Frederick Douglass was president, the following resolutions and address were unanimously adopted. The Address is the same, and, with an inconsiderable exception, the Resolutions are the same, as those, which were...
GLC00267.143
1851
The South Bend fugitive slave case, involving the right to a writ of habeas corpus.
Reports on the legal case of Norris vs. Newton. Case pertains to an enslaved person seeking emancipation. Marked for sale at the Anti-slavery office, 48 Beekman Street, 1851.
GLC00267.144
1864
[Report submitted by Senator Charles Sumner calling for the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850]
Sumner, a United States Senator from Massachusetts, also asks for "the repeal of all acts for the rendition of fugitive slaves..." Report intended to accompany bill No. 141. Also includes a minority report, submitted 1 March 1864 by Senators John...
GLC00267.155
1854
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861
Speech of Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois, in the Senate, January 30, 1853, on the Nebraska Territory.
Printed at the Sentinel Office. Fragile. Bound with string.
GLC00267.156
New England Emigrant Aid Company
Memorial of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, praying indemnification for the destruction of property, at Lawrence, Kansas, May 21, 1856.
37th Congress, 3d Session, Senate. Mis. Doc. No. 29. Offers eye-witness accounts of the sack of Lawrence, Kansas, including an account submitted by William Hutchinson, secretary of the Kansas Central Committee and a special correspondent for the...
GLC00267.159
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