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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08452.04 |
| From Archive Folder | State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery |
| Title | Resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in relation to the Territory of Kansas |
| Date | 14 June 1856 |
| Author | Gardner, Henry Joseph (1819-1892) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet; Government document |
| Content Description | House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 120 (34th Congress, 1st session). Gardner, Governor of Massachusetts, approved these resolutions 3 June 1856. Reprinted by Congress 14 June 1856. "...the inhabitants of Kansas are justifiable in declining to recognise the code of laws which was forced upon the Territory by the act of a body of men calling themselves a legislature..." |
| Subjects | Bleeding Kansas Slavery African American History State Constitution Government and Civics Missouri Compromise Congress Statehood |
| People | Gardner, Henry Joseph (1819-1892) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |