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- History of Pennsylvania Hall, which was Destroyed by a Mob, on the 17th of May, 1838
- Antislavery movements
- Attributed to Samuel Webb, this history includes letters, speeches and other information regarding Pennsylvania Hall, built as a place to discuss slavery and other important social issues of the day, but destroyed by an angry mob after only four...
- Slavery and Abolition
- Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: A Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Anecdotes that made Abraham Lincoln Famous as America's Greatest Story Teller
- McClure edited a collection of stories and cartoons highlighting Lincoln's sense of humor.
- Their Own Words
- American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses
- Slavery
- Abolitionist Theodore Weld, with the assistance of the American Anti-Slavery Society, publishes a compendium of slavery accounts drawn primarily from newspapers and other printed sources.
- Test
- Works of James Buchanan, The, Vol. 5
- Compiled and edited by John Bassett Moore, this twelve-volume set of the collected letters and speeches of James Buchanan, spanning his entire political career, includes both personal and professional documents.
- James Buchanan Resource Center
- Works of James Buchanan, The, Vol. 9
- Compiled and edited by John Bassett Moore, this twelve-volume set of the collected letters and speeches of James Buchanan, spanning his entire political career, includes both personal and professional documents.
- James Buchanan Resource Center
- Works of James Buchanan, The, Vol. 10
- Compiled and edited by John Bassett Moore, this twelve-volume set of the collected letters and speeches of James Buchanan, spanning his entire political career, includes both personal and professional documents.
- James Buchanan Resource Center
- Works of James Buchanan, The, Vol. 11
- Compiled and edited by John Bassett Moore, this twelve-volume set of the collected letters and speeches of James Buchanan, spanning his entire political career, includes both personal and professional documents.
- James Buchanan Resource Center
- Works of James Buchanan, The, Vol. 12
- Compiled and edited by John Bassett Moore, this twelve-volume set of the collected letters and speeches of James Buchanan, spanning his entire political career, includes both personal and professional documents.
- James Buchanan Resource Center
- Correspondence between Eli Slifer and Thomas G. Orwig
- A series of letters from Thomas Gilbert Oriwg to Eli Slifer portraying a number of Orwig's military and administrative affairs with Battery “E” 1st PA artillery.
- Their Own Words
- Men and Things I Saw in Civil War Days
- Rusling joined the Union Army in 1861 and finished the Civil War as a brevet Brigadier General. In 1899 he gathered his reminiscences of the men who had been his leaders and with whom he had dealt during the war. In 1914 he republished the book,...
- Their Own Words
- European Days and Ways
- A Civil War general and New Jersey lawyer, James Fowler Rusling comments on what he sees from his northeastern "Yankee" viewpoint during a tour of Europe in 1899. The result is a valuable "snapshot" of Europe through an American perspective at the...
- Their Own Words
- The Bible Against Slavery
- Slavery
- The Bible Against Slavery uses the differences between the context of ancient Israel and the context of then modern-day America to denounce the practice of slavery. Through passages from the Bible and much comparison to the Canaanites, Weld argues...
- Slavery and Abolition
- A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Antislavery movements
- This book shows how true incidents were the catalyst in creating the fictional work of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Harriet Beecher Stowe illustrates the inspirations behind the characters of Mr. Haley, Mr. and Mrs. Shelby, George Harris, Eliza, Miss...
- Slavery and Abolition
- Review of Lysander Spooner's Essay on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery
- Antislavery movements
- Published at his own expense, Wendell Phillip offers a critical reaction to Spooner's essay. Spooner's original essay criticized Phillip's argument that the Constitution was a pro-slavery compact.
- Slavery and Abolition
- The South Vindicated from the Treason and Fanaticism of the Northern Abolitionists
- Slavery
- A series of letters published in newspapers of the day, discussing the origin of slavery, internal improvements, tariffs, and abolitionist arguments.
- Slavery and Abolition
- A View of the Action of the Federal Government in behalf of Slavery
- Antislavery movements
- In this work, William Jay argues for the abolitionist movement on the basis of federal government.
- Slavery and Abolition
- Negro-Mania: Being an Examination of the Falsely Assumed Equality of the Various Races of Men
- Slavery
- John Campbell argues that, based on historical evidence, Caucasians are superior to those of African descent.
- Slavery and Abolition
- The Fugitive Slave Bill: Its History and Unconstitutionality; With an Account of the Seizure and Enslavement of James Hamlet and His Subsequent Restoration to Liberty
- Slavery
- The Anti-Slavery Society presents an argument against the Fugitive Slave Law using the case of James Hamlet.
- Slavery and Abolition
- The Unconstitutionality of Slavery
- Slavery
- Lysander Spooner uses legal interpretation and the rule of natural law to argue that slavery is not specifically permitted by the Constitution of the United States.
- Slavery and Abolition
- Christianity versus Treason and Slavery
- Antislavery movements
- This pamphlet gives accounts of the negative views toward slavery of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Methodist Episcopal Church, Old School Presbyterian Church, Baptist Churches, New School Presbyterian Church, Lutheran Church, United Presbyterian...
- Slavery and Abolition