Speeches in Congress
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Speech of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, on the Proposition to Admit California as a State Into the Union: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 5, 1850 (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe office, 1850), by Hannibal Hamlin
- The War Not For Emancipation, by Garrett Davis (page images at MOA)
- War Powers of Congress: Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on the House Bills for the Confiscation of Property and the Liberation of Slaves Belonging to Rebels, Delivered in Senate of the United States, June 27, 1862 (Washington: Scammell and Co., 1862), by Charles Sumner
- A Monument in Commemoration of the Faithful Colored Mammies of the South: Speech of Hon. Charles M. Stedman of North Carolina on H.R. 13672 in the House of Representatives, January 9, 1923 (Washington: GPO, 1923), by Charles Manly Stedman
- Speech of Hon. A.P. Butler, of South Carolina, On the Bill to Enable the People of Kansas Territory to Form a Constitution and State Government, Preparatory to Their Admission into the Union, etc.: Delivered in the United States Senate, June 12, 1856 (Washington: Printed at the Union Office, 1856), by A. P. Butler
- Speech of Hon. James H. Hammond, of South Carolina, on the Admission of Kansas, Under the Lecompton Constitution (Washington: L. Towers, 1858), by James Henry Hammond
- The Crime Against Kansas: Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, in the Senate of the United States, May 19, 1856 (New York: Greely and McElrath, 1856), by Charles Sumner (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Crime Against Kansas; The Apologies for the Crime; The True Remedy: Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner in the Senate of the United States, 19th and 20th May, 1856 (Boston: J. P. Jewett and Co., et al., 1856), by Charles Sumner (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Admission of Kansas: Speech of Hon. Marcus J. Parrott, of Kansas, Delivered in the House of Representatives, April 10, 1860, by Marcus J. Parrott
- Speech of William H. Seward, for the Immediate Admission of Kansas into the Union, by William H. Seward (page images at MOA)
- Speech of Horace Mann, of Massachusetts on the Subject of Slavery in the Territories, and the Consequences of a Dissolution of the Union, by Horace Mann (page images at MOA)
- Address of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, in the Senate of the United States, on the Subject of Slavery (Calhoun's address followed by Daniel Webster's Seventh of March speech; 1850), by John C. Calhoun and Daniel Webster
- The Cause and Cure of Our National Troubles: Speech of Hon. Geo. W. Julian, of Indiana, Delivered in the House of Representatives, Tuesday, January 14, 1862 (Washington: Scammell and Co., 1862), by George W. Julian
- Freedom v. Slavery, by John Hutchins (page images at MOA)
- The New Dogma of the South-- "Slavery a Blessing", by Henry L. Dawes (page images at MOA)
- Remarks of Messrs. Clemens, Butler, and Jefferson Davis, on the Vermont Resolutions Relating to Slavery, Delivered in Senate of the United States, January 10, 1850 (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1850), contrib. by Jeremiah Clemens, A. P. Butler, and Jefferson Davis
- Slavery: What It Was, What It Has Done, What It Intends To Do, by Cydnor Bailey Tompkins (page images at MOA)
- Speech of Aylett Buckner, of Kentucky, on the Propriety of Organizing Governments for the Territories, Delivered in the House of Representatives, Feb. 17, 1849 (Washington: Towers, 1849), by Aylett Buckner
- Speech of Hon. George W. Julian, of Indiana on the Slavery Question, Delivered in the House of Representatives, May 14, 1850 (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1850), by George W. Julian
- Speech of Hon. Horace Mann, on the Right of Congress to Legislate for the Territories of the United States, and its Duty to Exclude Slavery Therefrom (1848), by Horace Mann, contrib. by Martin Van Buren and Joshua Leavitt (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Speech of Horace Mann, of Massachusetts on the Subject of Slavery in the Territories, and the Consequences of a Dissolution of the Union, by Horace Mann (page images at MOA)
- Speech of Mr. J. W. Crisfield, of Maryland, on the Power of Congress to Pass Laws Excluding Slavery from the Territories of the United States: Delivered in the House of Representatives, June 22, 1848 (Washington: Printed by J. T. Towers, 1848), by John W. Crisfield
- Speech of Mr. John Van Dyke of New Jersey, Delivered in the House of Representatives of the U. States, March 4, 1850, on the Subject of Slavery, and in Vindication of the North From the Charges Brought Against it by the South (Washington: Gideon and Co., 1850), by John Van Dyke (page images at HathiTrust)
- Speech of the Hon. Henry Clay, of Kentucky, on Taking Up His Compromise Resolutions on the Subject of Slavery (New York: Stringer and Townsend, 1850), by Henry Clay (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Freedom National, Slavery Sectional: Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on His Motion to Repeal the Fugitive Slave Bill, in the Senate of the United States, August 26, 1852 (Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852), by Charles Sumner (page images at HathiTrust)
- Nebraska and Kansas: Speech of Mr. Cass, of Michigan, On the Powers of the Government Over Slavery in the Territories, Delivered in the Senate of the United States Feb. 20, 1854 (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe office, 1854), by Lewis Cass
- President's Message; Slavery; California: Speech of Hon. W. V. N. Bay, of Missouri, in the House of Representatives, February 20, 1850, in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, on the Resolution Referring the President's Message to the Various Standing Committees (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe office, 1850), by W. V. N. Bay
- The Rights of White Men Vindicated: Speech of Hon. Stephen C. Foster, of Maine, Delivered in the U.S. House of Representatives, March 10th, 1858 (Washington: Buell and Blanchard, printers, 1858), by Stephen C. Foster (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Speech of Charles Brown, of Pennsylvania, on Abolition and Slavery, Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 3 and 7, 1849 (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1849), by Charles Brown
- Speech of Hon. Daniel Clark, of New Hampshire, on the Proposed Amendment of the Constitution, Forever Prohibiting Slavery in the United States, and All Places Under Their Jurisdiction (1864), by Daniel Clark (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Speech of Hon. Francis W. Kellogg, of Michigan, in the House of Representatives, June 12, 1860, by Francis William Kellogg (page images at MOA)
- Speech of Hon. H. C. Murphy, of New York, on Slavery in the Territories; Delivered in the House of Representatives, May 17, 1848 (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1848), by Henry Cruse Murphy
- Speech of Hon. J. Collamer, of Vermont, On Slavery in the Territories, by Jacob Collamer (page images at MOA)
- Speech of Hon. John McQueen, of S. Carolina, on the Admission of California, Delivered in the House of Representatives, Thursday, June 3, 1850 (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1850), by John McQueen
- Speech of Hon. Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois, on Amending the Constitution to Prohibit Slavery: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 28, 1864, by Lyman Trumbull (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Speech of Hon. Thomas L. Clingman, of North Carolina, Against the Revolutionary Movement of the Anti-Slavery Party, by Thomas Lanier Clingman (page images at MOA)
- Defence of Massachusetts: Speech of Hon. Anson Burlingame, of Massachusetts, in the House of Representatives, June 21, 1856 (pamphlet; 1856), by Anson Burlingame (page images at HathiTrust)
- Defence of Massachusetts: Speech of Hon. Anson Burlingame, of Massachusetts, in the United States House of Representatives, June 21, 1856 (Cambridge, MA: Printed for Private Distribution, 1856), by Anson Burlingame (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Proceedings of the United States Senate, on the Fugitive Slave Bill, the Abolition of the Slave-Trade in the District of Columbia, and the Imprisonment of Free Colored Seamen in the Southern Ports, by United States Senate (page images at MOA)
- Speech of George G. Dunn, of Indiana, on the Oregon Bill, Delivered in the House of Representatives of the U. S., July 27, 1848 (Washington: Towers, 1848), by George Grundy Dunn
- Speech of Hon. R. S. Baldwin, of Connecticut, in Favor of the Admission of California Into the Union, ad on the Territorial Bills, and the Bill in Relation to Fugitive Slaves, in Connection with Mr. Bell's Compromise Resolutions: Delivered in Senate of the United States, March 27 and April 3, 1850 (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1850), by Roger S. Baldwin
- Speech of Mr. Breck, of Kentucky, on the Message of the President Relating to California: Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, Monday, March 25, 1850 (Washington: Gideon and Co., printers, 1850), by Daniel Breck
- Speech of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, on the Proposition to Admit California as a State Into the Union: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 5, 1850 (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe office, 1850), by Hannibal Hamlin
- Speech of Mr. Davis, of Mississippi, on the Subject of Slavery in the Territories, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 13 and 14, 1850 (Washington: Towers, 1850), by Jefferson Davis
- Texas and New Mexico: Speech of Hon. A. H. Stephens, of Georgia, in the House of Representatives, Friday, August 9, 1850, on the President's Message of August 6, 1850, Concerning Texas and New Mexico (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe office, 1850), by Alexander H. Stephens
- Kansas Affairs: Speech of Hon. Charles E. Stuart, of Michigan, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, July 9, 1856 (Washington: Printed at the office of the Congressional globe, 1856), by C. E. Stuart
- Speech of Hon. Thomas J. Rusk, of Texas, on the Boundaries of Texas (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe office, 1850), by Thomas J. Rusk
- War Powers of Congress: Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on the House Bills for the Confiscation of Property and the Liberation of Slaves Belonging to Rebels, Delivered in Senate of the United States, June 27, 1862 (Washington: Scammell and Co., 1862), by Charles Sumner
- The Speeches, Addresses, and Messages of the Several Presidents of the United States at the Openings of Congress and at Their Respective Inaugurations; Also, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and Washington's Farewell Address to His Fellow-Citizens (Philadelphia: R. Desilver, 1825), contrib. by George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Freedom National, Slavery Sectional: Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on His Motion to Repeal the Fugitive Slave Bill, in the Senate of the United States, August 26, 1852 (Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852), by Charles Sumner (page images at HathiTrust)
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