Author: CLAY, Henry.
Title: Speech of Henry Clay, of Kentucky, on taking up his compromise resolutions on the subject of slavery. Delivered in Senate, Febr. 5th & 6th, 1850.
Description: New York, Stringer & Townsend, 1850.Disbound pamphlet. 32 pp.First edition. - Congress ultimately approved Clay's bill, which became known as the Compromise of 1850. Despite widespread acceptance of the compromise, it soon became obvious that it offered only a temporary solution to the problem, as its vague language left much open to debate (Rodriguez, Encycl. of world slavery, p.159).Sabin 13550 (note); Work p.330.
Keywords: America slavery
Title: Speech of Henry Clay, of Kentucky, on taking up his compromise resolutions on the subject of slavery. Delivered in Senate, Febr. 5th & 6th, 1850.
Description: New York, Stringer & Townsend, 1850.Disbound pamphlet. 32 pp.First edition. - Congress ultimately approved Clay's bill, which became known as the Compromise of 1850. Despite widespread acceptance of the compromise, it soon became obvious that it offered only a temporary solution to the problem, as its vague language left much open to debate (Rodriguez, Encycl. of world slavery, p.159).Sabin 13550 (note); Work p.330.
Keywords: America slavery
Price: EUR 49.50 = appr. US$ 53.80 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 20269
- Book number: 20269