23 KANSAS NEBRASKA Territory 1856 Slave or Free Govt. Documents: Charles Sumner

Description

Uncommon Govt. Docs Debating Kansas Nebraska Statehood, circa 1856
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10 x 6.5 inches smooth
buff self wraps
with black print (fronts shown). Washington, DC:
Buell & Blanchard
, 1856. Total of
23 government docs
dealing with the debate of
Kansas and Nebraska Territories
should be free or slave and printed on buff paper. Self wraps. Includes
Charles Sumner's
famous U.S. Senate speech 2 days before being caned nearly to death on the Senate Floor (shown with his portrait). Includes
Steven Douglas
speech on statehood (shown).
Historic documents
and events leading to Civil War (9 shown)!
These definitive documents show how
polarized Washington
was concerning the fate of Kansas and Nebraska regarding slavery! Sumner was an outspoken
anti slavery advocate
and his caning at the hands of southerner Senator
Preston Brooke
on the Senate floor defined the heated hostilities. Sumner never returned to the Senate and his seat was never filled as reminder to the slave states. Civil war was soon to follow!
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