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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05116.06 |
| From Archive Folder | Pamphlets related to the extension of slavery and the Kansas-Nebraska dispute [Decimalized .01-.20] |
| Title | No slavery in Nebraska: no slavery in the nation: slavery an outlaw. Speech of Gerrit Smith, on the Nebraska Bill. |
| Date | 6 April 1854 |
| Author | Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Representative Smith states, "I am opposed to the bill for organizing the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas, which has come to us from the Senate, because, in the first place, it insults colored men, and the Maker of all men, by limiting suffrage to white men... in the second place, it limits suffrage to persons, who have acquired citizenship... in the third place, because, it is so drawn, as to convey the deceptive idea... that the bill recognizes the doctrine of non-intervention." |
| Subjects | Congress Politics Abolition Slavery African American History Westward Expansion Missouri Compromise Statehood Bleeding Kansas Suffrage Religion Government and Civics |
| People | Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Law; Government & Politics; Westward Expansion; Religion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Speech of Mr. Peckham, of New York, on the Kansas and Nebraska question |