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Abolition Debate Fears Overlooked Dangers in Senate
In March 1836 Senator Prestont warns the abolition question risks explosion through public sentiment, abolition societies, and party power. He cites England’s Jamaica example, northern anti slavery zeal, and growing petitions as signs that the union faces imminent constitutional peril and urges decisive federal action to shield the nation.
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Pulston
South Carolina
Senate of the United States
Prestont
Senate
Massachusets
Society of Friends
Europe
America
Germany
France
England
Juste Milieu Party
Journal Des Debats
Duc de Brogie
St. Domingo
French West Indies
Middle States
Potomac
West Indies
Oxford
Wilberforce
Clarkson
Edinburgh Review
Walsh
Lord Holland
House of Peers
Prince Regent
Jamaica
Christendom
Africa
O'Connell
South
Constitutional Assembly
Dangee
Tam
Vermont
Reeds
Congress
New York
S.entlemen
Senate of the
United States