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Speech of Mr. Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio, in relation to the Mexican War...

Title continues, "and in reply to Messrs. Giddings, Tilden, and Delano." (See GLC00267.116). Supports Polk's declaration of war and attacks his Ohio colleagues.

GLC00267.117

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

The Power of Congress over the District of Columbia.

Reprinted from the New-York Evening Post, with additions by the author. Printed by John F. Throw.

GLC00267.068

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

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

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

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

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

History of the organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; comprehending all the official proceedings of the General Conference.

Title continues: "the southern annual conferences, and the General Convention; with such other matters as are necessary to a right understanding of the case."

GLC00267.077