1854 Benjamin F Wade Kansas Nebraska Speech Slavery 16pp Antebellum Pamphlet For Sale

Speech of the Hon. B. F. Wade, of Ohio, on the Nebraska and Kansas BillsDelivered in the United States Senate, March 3, 1854.Original 1854 political pamphlet containing an important antislavery speech by Ohio Senator Benjamin F. Wade opposing the Nebraska and Kansas legislation and the expansion of slavery into the western territories.Complete — 16 pages. Printed in Washington, D.C. by Buell & Blanchard.Delivered during the congressional battle that produced the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, the speech directly addresses slavery, the Missouri Compromise, Nebraska and Kansas territories, sectional conflict, and the consequences of permitting slavery to expand westward.Benjamin F. Wade later became a prominent Radical Republican and one of the leading antislavery political figures of the Civil War era.Condition: Complete original pamphlet with substantial age-related toning, staining/foxing, edge wear, small chips/losses and general handling wear. Text remains clear and legible. Please examine all photographs carefully for exact condition.An excellent original primary-source document from the escalating national conflict over slavery that helped lead to Bleeding Kansas and the American Civil War.