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1856 Speech by MA Sen. Henry Wilson on Kansas

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Future Vice President Henry Wilson Fights For Freedom From Slavery

1856, Speech, "THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN KANSAS," by Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts, Buell & Blanchard, Printers, Washington D.C., Very Fine.
16-page pamphlet of Henry Wilson's speech in the senate on February 18, 1856, 9" x 5.75". Lightly toned and taken out of the binding of the book. The speech addressed The State of Affairs in Kansas. "Leave these men now in Kansas, free from Missouri forays and Administration, and in spite of the inhuman, unchristian, and devilish acts the be found in the past legislation of the Territory, they will bring Kansas here as they have done already, robed in the garments of freedom. Wilson fights for freedom from slavery in this powerful speech. Wilson was U.S. senator from Massachusetts from 1855-73. He was Vice President under Grant (1873-75), dying in office.

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