Papers relative to the restriction of slavery : speeches of Mr. King, in the Senate, and of Messrs. Taylor & Talmadge in the House of Representatives, of the United States on the bill for authorising the people of the territory of Missouri to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of the same into the Union : in the session of 1818-19, with a report of a committee of the Abolition Society of Delaware.

Papers relative to the restriction of slavery : speeches of Mr. King, in the Senate, and of Messrs. Taylor & Talmadge in the House of Representatives, of the United States on the bill for authorising the people of the territory of Missouri to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of the same into the Union : in the session of 1818-19, with a report of a committee of the Abolition Society of Delaware.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Rufus, 1755-1827
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Printed by Hall & Atkinson, 1819.
Series:Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive.
Subjects:
To 1865
Missouri compromise > Speeches in Congress.
Missouri compromise
Politics and government
Missouri > Politics and government > To 1865 > Speeches in Congress.
Missouri
Speeches
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Table of Contents:
  • Observations of Rufus King on the Missouri bill : being the substance of two speeches delivered in the Senate of the United States, during the last session of Congress
  • Speech of Mr. Taylor
  • Speech of Mr. Talmadge, February 16, 1819
  • Report of a committee of the Delaware Society, respecting the constitutional powers of Congress, to prohibit or restrict slavery within the territories belonging to the United States, or new states on their admission into the federal compact.

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