Abraham Lincoln's house divided speech.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, speaker.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--United States.

Slavery.

Enslaved persons--United States--Social conditions.

Enslaved persons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, MA : Great Neck Publishing, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"The article presents the 'House Divided' speech made by Abraham Lincoln at the Republican State Convention in Springfield, Illinois, on June 17, 1853, after he had been named the Party's candidate for United States Senator. He offers an anti-slavery argument with the goal of uniting the country and focuses on the issues of state sovereignty and federal authority. Lincoln details points of the U.S. Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision which relate to the 'care not whether slavery be voted down or voted up' policy of Senator Stephen Douglas. The Court's opinion ruled that the American constitution does not give any legislature the power to exclude slavery from a territory, but the judges did not make a declaration against a state or the people of a state from taking action. Topics referred to in this speech include free states and slave states, the Nebraska Bill, the Lecompton Constitution, the legal status of slaves imported from Africa, and 'squatter sovereignty.'"-- EBSCOhost detailed record.

Notes:

"Speech of Abraham Lincoln, at Springfield, June 17, 1853. [The following speech was delivered at Springfield, Ill., at the close of the Republican State Convention held at that time and place, and by which Convention Mr. LINCOLN had been named as their candidate for United States Senator. Mr. DOUGLAS was not present.]"

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OCLC:

656239070