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Speech of Hon. J.P. Benjamin, of La., on the Kansas Question: Delivered in the Senate, May 2, 1856
This pamphlet contains the text of a speech delivered by Judah P. Benjamin in the United States Senate on May 2, 1856, concerning the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Benjamin, a Louisiana Senator, discusses the Act's implications for slavery and Southern rights, arguing against the power of Congress to exclude slavery from the territories. The speech reflects Benjamin's shift from Whig to Democrat, driven by his belief that the South was becoming a beleaguered minority. Printed in Washington, D.C. in 1856. The pamphlet is 15 pages long.
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- BENJAMIN, JUDAH P.
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Arc.MS.56, Box 9, Folder 6