1856 Politics Government,Slaves Slavery,Kansas Territor

1870 Life of Daniel Webster Curtis America Politics Economics Government Slavery One of the most important statesmen in American history and "unquestionably the greatest of American orators" (CBD), We

1871 Aristotle Politics & Economics Philosophy Government Slavery Marriage Money “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” ― Aristotle Aris

Black History William Seward Defends Senator Charles Sumner & Freedom of Speech in the Kansas Anti-Slavery Debate 1856, "REMARKS OF WILLIAM H. SEWARD... CONCERNING KANSAS AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDO

1856 1st ed Republican Scrap Book Politics Slavery Quincy Webster Henry Clay This ‘Recollections of War Times’ by Albert Gallatin Riddle is a view of the Republican Party prior to the Civil War. T

Wood Engraving Published 1856, London for "The Illustrated London News" Paper Size: 16 x 11 inch (40 x 28cm) A few tiny margin tears. Good condition

1856 1ed Congress Report on KANSAS SLAVERY Civil War Nebraska Election Fraud In March of 1855, one of the United States most notorious voter fraud schemes took place, furthering the divide between pro

1856 SLAVE States 1ed Journey in Seaboard American SLAVERY Economics Olmsted “A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States” is a pre-Civil War account of slavery in the American South by Frederi

1838 1st ed Miguel Tacón CUBA Government Slavery Spanish Military Slave Trade Miguel Tacón was a 19th-century Spanish-born military leader who was appointed Governor-General of Cuba in 1834. This ad

1856 History of BLEEDING KANSAS Antebellum SLAVERY Robinson First Lady of Kansas “Kansas; Its Interior and Exterior Life” by Sara Tappan Doolittle Lawrence Robinson is a seminal work that

1813 EARLY Ben Franklin Essays AMERICANA Politics Slavery Indians Autobiography “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” ― Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin’

Black History Henry Wilson Massachusetts Senator & 18th Vice President of the United States under President Ulysses S. Grant, 1856 Historic Slavery Speech: "The State of Affairs in Kansas" February 18

New Orleans Slave Market Bills of Sale Illustrate Internal Slave Trade [SLAVERY.] Two Manuscript Bills of Sale for slaves sold in New Orleans 1856, 1861. 7 pp., 8.5? x 14?. The second is a copy certif

1856 Border War 1ed Three Years on Kansas Missouri SLAVERY Civil War McNamara A rare 1856 first edition of John McNamaras “Three Years on the Kansas Border” – an account of life in

1856 1ed Conquest of Kansas by Missouri SLAVERY Border War Civil War America While known more for his work as an American politician, William Phillips wrote an important account of the political and m

[SLAVERY] 1857 National government publication [known today as Gov. Doc] - KANSAS AND SLAVERY, Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa in relation to Slavery and the admission o

1856 1st ed SLAVERY vs FREEDOM Fugitive Slaves America Thomas Parker Speeches Theodore Parker was a 19th-century American abolitionist who played an important role ultimate destruction of American sla

1860 Life of Stephen Douglas Abe Lincoln Debates Slavery United States Politics Since the beginning of American politics, few debates have been as famous as the Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858. These

[POLITICS] -- [SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Composite photograph featuring signers of the 13th Amendment, incl. Abraham Lincoln. [New York]: [Powell & Co.], [1865].  Visible image 11 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (h

1850 Life of Patrick Henry Colonial Americana Politics Government Speeches Law Patrick Henry is one of the most famous early American founding fathers, most known for his declaration at the Virginia C

Kansas Its Interior and Exterior Life including a full view of its settlement, political history, social life, climate, soil, productions, scenery, etc. by Sara T. L. Robinson. Eight edition. Publishe

Two-page last will and testament written by Sarah Forrest of Bourbon County, Kentucky in 1842. We have not previously handled a document regarding slavery in which the sole owner is a woman, making th

1860 1st ed Abraham Lincoln Douglas Debates American Politics SLAVERY Abolition “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” ― Abraham Lin

1860 1st ed Abraham Lincoln Douglas Debates American Politics SLAVERY Abolition “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” ― Abraham Lin

1873 1st ed The Gilded Age Mark Twain American Politics Government Washington DC “A woman's intuition is better than a man's. Nobody knows anything, really, you know, and a woman can guess a good de