![[3727455] [Speech Upon Abolishing Slavery in the District of Columbia, within:] The Bradford Argus…Towanda, Bradford Co., Pa., April 17, 1862. George Landon, 1816–1904, 1827–1884, Hiester Clymer.](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3727455.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1540332640)
![[Speech Upon Abolishing Slavery in the District of Columbia, within:] The Bradford Argus…Towanda, Bradford Co., Pa., April 17, 1862.](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3727455.jpg?auto=webp&v=1540332640)
![[Speech Upon Abolishing Slavery in the District of Columbia, within:] The Bradford Argus…Towanda, Bradford Co., Pa., April 17, 1862.](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3727455_2.jpg?auto=webp&v=1540332640)
[Speech Upon Abolishing Slavery in the District of Columbia, within:] The Bradford Argus…Towanda, Bradford Co., Pa., April 17, 1862.
Anti-slavery speech delivered in the Pennsylvania Senate against a white supremacist senator
Entire front-page Civil-War-era anti-slavery speech arguing for the abolition of slavery in Washington, D.C. by Free Soil Republican State Senator George Landon. Landon’s speech printed here in The Bradford Argus (a Republican newspaper) encompasses over 10 full columns. Landon delivered his speech in the Pennsylvania Senate, against a white supremacist senator. His speech was in reply to State Senator Hiester Clymer who Landon accused of stalling abolition in the District by insisting that its citizens, and those of Maryland, give their assent. Additionally, the newspaper includes much war news including the Battle of Pittsburg, the taking of Fort Pulaski.
Description: [Speech Upon Abolishing Slavery in the District of Columbia, within:] The Bradford Argus…Towanda, Bradford Co., Pa., April 17, 1862.
Towanda, Pa.: Parsons & Alvord, April 17, 1862. New Series—-Vol. 10, No. 46. 4pp. Newspaper. 24 x 18 inches. Printed in seven columns. Folds and creases; stains, and minor losses at a few folds; good.
[3727455]Sold