Rare 1858 WILLIAM H SEWARD Senate Speech FREEDOM IN KANSAS Slavery Abolition

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FREEDOM IN KANSAS
SPEECH OF WILLIAM H. SEWARD
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
MARCH 3, 1858.
[FIRST EDITION] Washington: Buell & Blanchard, 1858. Disbound (or issued loose?) copy. Octavo (measures 9-1/2 x 6 inches); 15 pages. Seward was deeply committed to the abolition of slavery and in this speech argues against the movement to admit Kansas to the Union as a slave state. Listed at Sabin 79522; Hubbard, A Classified Catalogue of the Collection of Anti-slavery Propaganda in the Oberlin College Library, 1298a.
Pages unopened but overall in good only condition with chipping, worming, large corner tear, toning, etc.
William H. Seward (1801-1872) served as Secretary of State under Presidents Lincoln and Johnson, during the critical Civil War period. He was also a U.S. Senator, and Governor of New York, and was almost assassinated at the same time President Lincoln was shot and killed. Seward was probably one of the most influential politicians of the 19th century, with many accomplishments, including the purchase of Alaska from the Russians in 1867.
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