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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00018 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1854 |
| Title | Salmon P. Chase to Alexander S. Latty |
| Date | 30 May 1854 |
| Author | Chase, Salmon Portland (1808-1873) |
| Recipient | Latty, A. Sankey (Alexander Sankey) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Urges him to sign and circulate a petition concerning slavery he is working on with Senator Benjamin Franklin Wade. Writes "...it is time to have a Democracy of the People against the Oligarchy of the Slaveholder. So sir, I pray you, If our call rally the People nobody will be afraid to join us for every thing will be swept before the Young Democracy...I think it cannot fail to be successful as the question is reduced to a narrow concern are we to be free or not." |
| Subjects | Law Abolition African American History Congress Reform Movement Government and Civics Slavery |
| People | Latty, Alexander Sankey (1815-1895) Chase, Salmon Portland (1808-1873) Wade, Benjamin Franklin (1800-1878) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Wade, like Chase, was an anti-slavery advocate and a leader of the movement against the Kansas Nebraska Act. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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