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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09062 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1820 |
| Title | The Crisis, No. 1 or Thoughts on Slavery, Occasioned by the Missouri Question |
| Date | 1820 |
| Author | Hillhouse, William (fl. 1820) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Printed by A. H. Maltby & Co, New Haven, Connecticut. Denounces slavery and its introduction into the new Territories: "The extension of slavery to the new and unculivated regions of the west...is a great calamity...It is a blot on the human character." Signature of A.H. Maltby, partially trimmed. Bound with, The Crisis, No. 2 or Thoughts on Slavery, Occasioned by the Missourie Question. Auri Sacra Fames [accursed hunger for gold]. Continuation of the above. Signature of A.H. Maltby, partially trimmed. |
| Subjects | Abolition Reform Movement Missouri Compromise Slavery |
| People | Hillhouse, William (fl. 1820) |
| Place written | New Haven, Connecticut |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |