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Collection Reference Number GLC00267.098
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1820 
Title Speech of Mr. Sergeant, on the Missouri question
Date 1820
Author Sergeant, John (1779-1852)  
Document Type Pamphlet
Content Description Speech delivered in the House of Representatives arguing that Missouri should be added to the Union as a free state. Sergeant was a Congressman from Pennsylvania.
Subjects Missouri Compromise  Abolition  Reform Movement  African American History  Slavery  Statehood  Westward Expansion  Congress  Law  Government and Civics  
People Sergeant, John (1779-1852)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Government & Politics; Law; Westward Expansion
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859