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Collection Reference Number GLC00267.120
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1848 
Title Speech of Mr. Horace Mann, of Mass., on the right of Congress to legislate for the territories of the United States, and its duty to exclude slavery therefrom
Date 30 June 1848
Author Mann, Horace (1796-1859)  
Document Type Pamphlet
Content Description Speech delivered in the House of Representatives on 30 June 1848. Opposes the Mexican War and the extension of slavery. Printed by J. & G. S. Gideon, Washington, D.C.
Subjects Congress  US Constitution  Government and Civics  Law  Westward Expansion  Texas  Mexican War  Latin and South America  Global History and Civics  African American History  Slavery  
People Mann, Horace (1796-1859)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Government & Politics; Westward Expansion; Law; Foreign Affairs; The Mexican War
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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