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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08452.05 |
| From Archive Folder | State legislatures' resolutions regarding Kansas and slavery |
| Title | Resolutions of the Legislature of Rhode Island, concerning the recent occurrences in Congress and in Kansas |
| Date | 14 June 1856 |
| Author | Bartlett, John Russell (1805-1886) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet; Government document |
| Content Description | House of Representatives mis. doc. no. 119. (34th Congress, 1st session). Bartlett, Secretary of State for Rhode Island, certifies these to be a true copy of resolutions passed in by the Rhode Island Legislature in May. Reprinted by Congress June 1856. Condemns Senator Preston Brooks' attack on Charles Sumner in May 1856 and violence recently inflicted on residents of Kansas by border ruffians. |
| Subjects | Bleeding Kansas Slavery African American History State Constitution Government and Civics Missouri Compromise Congress Statehood Guerrilla Warfare |
| People | Bartlett, John Russell (1805-1886) |
| 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 |