SPEECH OF HON. WILLIAM B. SHEPARD
by Delivered in the Senate of North Carolina, November 27, 1850. Upon His Resolutions on the Slavery Question
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Octavo (8 3/4 by 5 5/8 inches) Raleigh (North Carolina): Printed at the Star Office, 1850. Original 12 page printed speech in the form of a pamphlet, bound by thread, folded into thirds, to fit into its original mailing envelope (formed by a folded sheet of paper, with wax seal) addressed to "Andrew Calhoun Esq. Union Town Perry County, Alabama," with postal cancel dated Dec. 11 at Raleigh. Very good condition, (three corrections to text in ink.)
Shepard states his belief, that despite his love for the Union, the right of secession is a right of the people; and "That the fugitive slave ... bill would impede an owner of a slave from retaking his property .... "
"... the repeal, or any alteration tending to impede an owner of a slave from retaking his property, will be regarded as undoubted and sufficient evidence, that a majority of Congress are unrestrained by express provisions of the Constitution, and that a time has arrived , when it becomes the duty of the people of North Carolina to decide whether they will submit to an unlimited Government, or will resist its encroachments boldly and effectively."
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- Caravan Book Store (US)
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- 965
- Title
- SPEECH OF HON. WILLIAM B. SHEPARD
- Author
- Delivered in the Senate of North Carolina, November 27, 1850. Upon His Resolutions on the Slavery Question
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
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- Original
- Publisher
- Printed at the Star Office
- Place of Publication
- Raleigh (North Carolina)
- Date Published
- 1850
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Old and Rare; Ephemera; History; Black History; Slavery; Antiquarian; African American; North Carolina; Antebellum South;