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Harsh inequalities and the slavery debate in congress
A political speech discusses labor, slavery, and regional economic contrasts near Washington. It cites evidence of water power and transportation as national assets, condemns opposition to emancipation, and urges border states to embrace change for long term self preservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Potomac
Shenandoah
the James
Executive
Congress
Free States
Empire Sewing
Boston Transcript
Philadelphia Evening Journal
Scientific American
Pittsburgh Chronicle
Pennsylvanian
Franklin Institute
Wilcox & Gibbs
Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society
Wilcox and Gibbs
Richmond Whig
Constantinople
Oliver Crane
Boston
Jacob Chickering
Ey James Wilcox
Broadway
New York
St. Nicholas Hotel
NEW American Cyclopedia
George Ripley
Charles A. Dana
Morocco
Russia
United States
Thomas H. Benton