Black History
Anti-Slavery Speech by the Honorable Henry Wilson Senator of Mass. Later the Vice President under Ulysses S. Grant
Jan. 25, 1860-Dated Civil War Era, Anti-Slavery United States Senate Speech Imprint, by the Honorable Henry Wilson Senator of Mass. Later the Vice President under Ulysses S. Grant, Very Fine.
Original Black History and Slavery related Imprint titled: "Tribune Tracts No. 2, Democratic Leaders for Disunion, Speech of Hon. Henry Wilson of Massachusetts, Delivered in the Senate of the United States Jan. 25, 1860". This booklet is printed from New York Tribune, 16 pages, 9" x 5.75", some light foxing, outer some trivial splitting along the spine, but otherwise completely intact. Prepared for the Political Campaign of 1860. The back page has advertising for the other Tribune publications and directs inquires to "Horace Greeley & Co., Nassau Street, New York". This is a historic Black History Anti-Slavery speech, by a New England congressman speaking against the Democratic Party leaders in the South. It specifically relates to counter a Resolution advanced by Congressman Brown, intended to allow Slavery in the Territories of the United States. A nice condition example and Extremely Rare.
On September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that as of January 1, 1863, all slaves in the states currently engaged in rebellion against the Union "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."
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