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Kansas-Nebraska Act

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

United States Congressional Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: AC 498-p
Scope and Content The collection consists of eleven speeches given to the House of Representatives and to the Senate. Speakers were John Bingham of Ohio, John Petit of Indiana, C. B. Sedgewick of New York, S. P. Chase of Ohio, Thomas Clingman of North Carolina, William Sapp of Ohio, Benjamin Wade of Ohio, and Schuyler Colfax of Indiana. Topics covered were the Missouri Compromise, the Kansas Nebraska Act, Harpers's Ferry, and Copperheads.
Dates: 1854-1863; Majority of material found in 1856-1858