Author: Douglas, Stephen A.
Title: Remarks of Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, on the Compromise Measures, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, December 23, 1851, and His Speech on the "Measures of Adjustment," Delivered in the City Hall, Chicago, Illinois, October 23, 1850
Description: Washington [D.C.], Printed by Jno. T. Towers, 1852. First edition. Disbound. 32 pp. 8vo. Douglas was the architect of the Compromise of 1850. His Speech on the "Measures of Adjustment," was given in Chicago which was in the midst of refuting the Fugitive Slave Law. Signed George Henry Busby, an Ohio Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress. Uncommon. LCP. Afro-Americana, 3202. First and last pages browned, inscription of front page, removed from a larger volume else a very good copy.

Keywords: , Americana, Civil War Era, Afro-Americana, Americana, 19th c., Antebellum Government Documents, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive slave law, slavery, afro-americana, Pamphlet


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