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Collection Reference Number GLC06232.10
From Archive Folder Unassociated Civil War Documents 1861 
Title The abolition of slavery: the right of the government under the war power.
Date 1861
Author Wallcut, Robert Folger (1797-1884)  
Document Type Pamphlet
Content Description Printed by Wallcut. Stitched. Prints extracts from the speech of John Quincy Adams, delivered in House of Representatives on 14 and 15 April 1842 on the War with Great Britain and Mexico. Contains a reprint of a letter by Joshua Reed Giddings submitted to the New York Tribune arguing that fugitive slaves from Confederate owners should not be sent back as they would be lending help to their owners who are in rebellion against the government. Includes other editorials and essays on this topic.
Subjects President  Civil War  Military History  Slavery  African American History  Abolition  Government and Civics  Global History and Civics  Foreign Affairs  Latin and South America  Mexican War  Confederate States of America  Union Forces  Fugitive Slave Act  Runaway Slave  
People Wallcut, Robert Folger (1797-1884)  Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)  
Place written Boston, Massachusetts
Theme The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Additional Information Giddings was a United States Representative from Ohio 1837-1858.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945