Slavery Debate Collection

Free Soil versus slavery conflict in Kansas, 1850s
Kansas Free Soil " peace convention" at Fort Scott, Kansas, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Senator Preston Brooks assaulting Senator Charles Sumner during an antislavery debate, 1856. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pro-slavery poster in Kansas, 1850s
Kansas poster calling for homesteaders to rally under pro-slavery governor Charles Robinson, 1850s. Printed color reproduction of a document

Compromise of 1850 debate in the US Senate
Henry Clay arguing in the US Senate for the Compromise of 1850 to avert civil war. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century painting

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Debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, campaigning for office of US Senator from Illinois, 1858. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Angry US Congressmen debate secession, 1860
Impassioned debate in the House of Representatives, December 1860 to January 1861. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Lincoln-Douglas debate at Galesburg, Illinois, 1858. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Pro-slavery voters from Missouri entering Kansas Territory, 1850s
Missouri " border ruffians" entering Kansas to vote for slavery in the territory, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Proslavery voters invading Kansas, 1850s
Pro-slavery forces ferrying Missouri voters to the Kansas shore to vote against free soil, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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