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6 November 1863

Yeatman, James E., 1818-1901

[Appeal from the Western Sanitary Commission to President Abraham Lincoln regarding the condition of freedpeople]

The Western Sanitary Commission informs President Lincoln that many freed enslaved people in the Mississippi Valley have no provisions, clothing, or bedding, and little cooking supplies or knowledge as to using such. States that "To meet the present...

GLC01545.11

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9 November 1860

Greeley & McElrath, 1841-1866

New York semi-weekly tribune. [Vol. 16, no. 1613 (November 9, 1860)]

Front page article announces that South Carolina will call a secession convention. Also contains news on the results of the election of 1860 listed by state. On page two there is a reprinted letter sent to Frederick Douglass by a white man stating...

GLC08429.09

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1847

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

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The Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12

Signed into law on May 6, 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act barred most Chinese immigration to the United States by placing a 10-year ban on the entry of Chinese laborers. Chinese merchants, diplomats, scholars, and students were exempt...