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The Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 1/29/1850
House Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to Prohibit Congress from Abolishing Slavery
House Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to Prohibit Congress from Abolishing Slavery 3/2/1861
Proposed Thirteenth Amendment Regarding the Abolition of Slavery
Proposed Thirteenth Amendment Regarding the Abolition of Slavery 3/2/1861
Petition from Citizens of New York Asking that Slavery and the Slave-trade may be Expressly Prohibited by Act of Congress in all the Territories of the United States
Petition from Citizens of New York Asking that Slavery and the Slave-trade may be Expressly Prohibited by Act of Congress in all the Territories of the United States 3/25/1851
Petition from Pennsylvanians to Reject Slavery
Petition from Pennsylvanians to Reject Slavery 1844
Resolution that all petitions, memorials, and papers relating to slavery be laid upon the table without being debated, printed, read or referred (the "gag rule" resolution)
Resolution that all petitions, memorials, and papers relating to slavery be laid upon the table without being debated, printed, read or referred (the "gag rule" resolution) 12/21/1837
Address of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society
Address of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society 7/13/1836
Conference Committee Report on the Missouri Compromise
Conference Committee Report on the Missouri Compromise 3/1/1820
Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854
Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 1854
Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Vice President John Adams transmitting a petition from the Society for the Abolition of Slavery and an address of the people called Quakers on the subject of the aboli
Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Vice President John Adams transmitting a petition from the Society for the Abolition of Slavery and an address of the people called Quakers on the subject of the aboli 2/1790
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