1856 SPEECH: SEWARD vs DOUGLAS on Slavery

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

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

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

1860 Political Textbook President Abe Lincoln Douglas Debate SLAVERY Speeches “Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” – Abraham L

1865 1ed Life of Abraham Lincoln Civil War American President Speeches Slavery “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power.” ― Abra

1926 1st ed Abraham Lincoln Autobiography Civil War Letters & Speeches Slavery “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” ― Abraham Linc

1865 1ed Life of Abraham Lincoln Civil War American President Speeches Slavery “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” ― Abraham Linc

1865 1ed Life of Abraham Lincoln Civil War American President Speeches Slavery “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” ― Abraham Linc

1860 LINCOLN 1ed Life of Abraham and Hamlin SLAVERY Douglas Debates Civil War “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power.” ? Abraham Lincoln

1860 1ed Life of Abraham LINCOLN & Hamlin SLAVERY Douglas Debates pre Civil War “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power.” ― Abr

1860 1ed Life of Abraham LINCOLN & Hamlin SLAVERY Douglas Debates pre Civil War “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power.” ― Abr

1860 1st ed Life of Abraham Lincoln & Hamlin SLAVERY Douglas Debates pre Civil War “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” ― Abraham

John C. Fremont Free Soil, Free Speech, 1856. Brass 28mm. Dewitt 1856-10. Fremont the Coming Man, 1864. White Metal, 39.9mm. By George H. Lovett. DeWitt JF 1864-1. Obv Facing uniformed bust. Rev 18-li

Volk, Douglas (1856-1935). They Shall Not Perish. American Committee for Relief in the Near East. New York: American Lithograph Co., 1918. Color lithograph depicting a young refugee girl holding close

1860 RARE 1st ed Life of Abraham Lincoln & Hamlin SLAVERY Douglas Debates “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” ― Abraham Lincoln A

WORLD WAR I POSTER. VOLK, DOUGLAS. 1856-1935. They Shall Not Perish. New York: American Lithographic Company, [1918]. Lithograph on paper, 40 x 30 in. For further information on this lot please visit

1860 Abraham Lincoln 1ed Life & Speeches Hamlin Antebellum Slavery Civil War A rare 1860 printing of the lives and speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. This work, while very rare, is extre

19th c Portrait of American Statesman Stephen Douglas (AM 1813-1861) Oil on canvas- Attributed to Stephen Douglas Volk (AM 1856-1935) (also known as Douglas Volk - A Nephew of Stephen Douglas who is k

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

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

Douglas Volk (American 1856-1935)Breton LadyOil on board7in. x 9in. (18cm x.23cm)Framed: 13 1/2in. x 16in (34cm. x 41cm)Provenance: Bearing label verso: M. A. Newhouse, Saint Louis, MissouriStephen Ar

Douglas Volk, (American, 1856-1935), Woman in a Landscape, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 12.25" x 9"

Douglas Volk (American, 1856-1935) "Kezar Lake, Maine," watercolor. Framed. Hewn Oaks was a summer residence for a group of artists, writers, and Volk family members, established on the shore of Kezar