Harlan, Hon. James - Shall the Territories Be Africanized? Speech of Hon. James Harlan, of Iowa. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 4, 1860

S. l. s. n. 1860. First Edition. First edition; 9 1/2 x 6; pp. [1], 2-8, unopened; self-wraps; creasing to edges and a few spots (not affecting readability); in good to very good condition. James Harlan (1820 - 1899) was a Federal Judge, US Senator from Iowa, and a Cabinet Secretary at the Department of the Interior under President Andrew Johnson. Though generally opposed to slavery, he would also be one of the leading figures of the anti-abolitionist wing of the Republican Party. His current speech outlined his negative views on "black westward expansion," whether for escaped slaves of for freedmen, and authoritatively stated that the territories to the West were only for the white race. Historically, such ideas would not be particularly shocking in Iowa and neighboring Kansas, as the Iowa Republican Party had just chosen for its 1860 campaign slogan the phrase: "We are for land for the landless, not ni*rs for the ni*rless." . Good .

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